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Definition of delusion in English: delusionnoun dɪˈluːʒ(ə)ndəˈluʒən 1An idiosyncratic belief or impression maintained despite being contradicted by reality or rational argument, typically as a symptom of mental disorder. the delusion of being watched Example sentencesExamples - I think I mentioned somewhere that delusions are visions of realities not yet activated.
- Psychotic patients may have paranoid delusions about their food, leading to reduced intake.
- Narcissism is a noxious mental disease that leads people to grandiose delusions.
- Is it all a mass delusion, or is there something to it all.
- In some non-Western cultures, schizophrenic delusions single out the person as spiritually gifted.
- Psychotic delusions, say of being invincible, are a common element of mania.
- He was a realistic man who harbored no delusions about immortality.
- He has grandiose delusions and does not want to stay in hospital.
- The rise of psychoanalysis did much to validate the contents of mental symptoms, including delusions.
- No talk show host or publisher invited them to share their delusions with the world.
- Many are filled with hate and delusions of superiority; some are actually psychotic.
- The doctors had been aware that he harboured violent delusions.
- What did they call it when two people shared a delusion?
- LSD can induce a psychotic state with paranoid delusions that can last for months.
- Schizophrenia, a biological disorder of the brain, is characterised by delusions, hallucinations and thought disorders.
- Such a grandiose delusion is common to the consideration of an insanity defense.
- In the paranoid form of this disorder, they develop delusions of persecution or personal grandeur.
- Is this for real, or just a delusion on my part?
- In other words, this was another sensational example of what sociologists call collective delusions.
Synonyms misapprehension, mistaken impression, false impression, mistaken belief, misconception, misunderstanding, mistake, error, misinterpretation, misconstruction, misbelief fallacy, illusion, figment of the imagination, fantasy, chimera fool's paradise, self-deception - 1.1mass noun The action of deluding or the state of being deluded.
what a capacity television has for delusion Example sentencesExamples - The rest of us play along, but no one is fooled by this necessary delusion.
- Now mass delusion is not necessarily a bad thing.
- It took me 15 years to realise that it was a tragic, sickly delusion.
- What is deceit or delusion, and what is genuine in this movement?
- So many of us live in a life of delusion, of separation, of selfishness and of loneliness.
- In short, the evidence points more towards hoaxing and delusion than real discovery.
- This is one of the first steps he takes towards differentiating between delusion and fact.
- The collapse of idea in Europe may yet be the event that will snap Britain awake from a 30-year delusion.
Synonyms deception, misleading, deluding, fooling, tricking, trickery, duping
Phrases A false impression of one's own importance. Example sentencesExamples - I'm not sure what's worse: The naked, unapologetic corruption, or the insane delusions of grandeur.
- In his book you'll read about his week in a travel agency, where, on his first day, he was conned into buying birthday lunch for a boss with serious delusions of grandeur.
- Thankfully, during week one of the playoffs, it was revealed that all of my friends had fallen prey to similar delusions of grandeur.
- If you have delusions of grandeur and fancy yourself to be intellectually superior, go on and impress those who are even more challenged than you are.
- It is a pleasingly post-modern twist which Cervantes himself would have enjoyed, having written a book about absurd follies, delusions of grandeur and the deficit between fiction and reality.
- They have managed to negotiate the multi-million pound sale of a player who is not proven at the highest level, seems to lack professionalism and appears to have delusions of grandeur.
- The purpose of that story was to demonstrate that a well-known and well-respected public figure was actually nothing more than a mindless hack with delusions of grandeur.
- The patient entertains delusions of grandeur.
- Outing those with delusions of grandeur, paranoia, and entitlement is a tough job, but somebody's done a great job of it.
- You have to guard against delusions of grandeur.
Synonyms delusions of grandeur, obsessionalism, grandiosity, grandioseness
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'act of deluding or of being deluded'): from late Latin delusio(n-), from the verb deludere (see delude). Rhymes allusion, collusion, conclusion, confusion, contusion, diffusion, effusion, exclusion, extrusion, fusion, illusion, inclusion, interfusion, intrusion, obtrusion, occlusion, preclusion, profusion, prolusion, protrusion, reclusion, seclusion, suffusion, transfusion Definition of delusion in US English: delusionnoundəˈluʒəndəˈlo͞oZHən 1An idiosyncratic belief or impression that is firmly maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality or rational argument, typically a symptom of mental disorder. the delusion of being watched Example sentencesExamples - In some non-Western cultures, schizophrenic delusions single out the person as spiritually gifted.
- The doctors had been aware that he harboured violent delusions.
- Is this for real, or just a delusion on my part?
- Narcissism is a noxious mental disease that leads people to grandiose delusions.
- Psychotic delusions, say of being invincible, are a common element of mania.
- No talk show host or publisher invited them to share their delusions with the world.
- I think I mentioned somewhere that delusions are visions of realities not yet activated.
- What did they call it when two people shared a delusion?
- Psychotic patients may have paranoid delusions about their food, leading to reduced intake.
- He has grandiose delusions and does not want to stay in hospital.
- Such a grandiose delusion is common to the consideration of an insanity defense.
- He was a realistic man who harbored no delusions about immortality.
- The rise of psychoanalysis did much to validate the contents of mental symptoms, including delusions.
- Schizophrenia, a biological disorder of the brain, is characterised by delusions, hallucinations and thought disorders.
- In other words, this was another sensational example of what sociologists call collective delusions.
- Is it all a mass delusion, or is there something to it all.
- In the paranoid form of this disorder, they develop delusions of persecution or personal grandeur.
- Many are filled with hate and delusions of superiority; some are actually psychotic.
- LSD can induce a psychotic state with paranoid delusions that can last for months.
Synonyms misapprehension, mistaken impression, false impression, mistaken belief, misconception, misunderstanding, mistake, error, misinterpretation, misconstruction, misbelief - 1.1 The action of deluding or the state of being deluded.
what a capacity television has for delusion Example sentencesExamples - It took me 15 years to realise that it was a tragic, sickly delusion.
- Now mass delusion is not necessarily a bad thing.
- The collapse of idea in Europe may yet be the event that will snap Britain awake from a 30-year delusion.
- So many of us live in a life of delusion, of separation, of selfishness and of loneliness.
- This is one of the first steps he takes towards differentiating between delusion and fact.
- What is deceit or delusion, and what is genuine in this movement?
- The rest of us play along, but no one is fooled by this necessary delusion.
- In short, the evidence points more towards hoaxing and delusion than real discovery.
Synonyms deception, misleading, deluding, fooling, tricking, trickery, duping
Phrases A false impression of one's own importance. Example sentencesExamples - You have to guard against delusions of grandeur.
- The patient entertains delusions of grandeur.
- It is a pleasingly post-modern twist which Cervantes himself would have enjoyed, having written a book about absurd follies, delusions of grandeur and the deficit between fiction and reality.
- Outing those with delusions of grandeur, paranoia, and entitlement is a tough job, but somebody's done a great job of it.
- They have managed to negotiate the multi-million pound sale of a player who is not proven at the highest level, seems to lack professionalism and appears to have delusions of grandeur.
- I'm not sure what's worse: The naked, unapologetic corruption, or the insane delusions of grandeur.
- The purpose of that story was to demonstrate that a well-known and well-respected public figure was actually nothing more than a mindless hack with delusions of grandeur.
- If you have delusions of grandeur and fancy yourself to be intellectually superior, go on and impress those who are even more challenged than you are.
- Thankfully, during week one of the playoffs, it was revealed that all of my friends had fallen prey to similar delusions of grandeur.
- In his book you'll read about his week in a travel agency, where, on his first day, he was conned into buying birthday lunch for a boss with serious delusions of grandeur.
Synonyms delusions of grandeur, obsessionalism, grandiosity, grandioseness
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘act of deluding or of being deluded’): from late Latin delusio(n-), from the verb deludere (see delude). |