delusion

noun

/dɪˈluːʒn/

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[countable] a false belief or opinion about yourself or your situation
- the delusions of the mentally ill
- Don't go getting delusions of grandeur (= a belief that you are more important than you actually are).
- He was suffering from paranoid delusions and hallucinations.
- Love can be nothing but a delusion.
Extra Examples
- He dismissed the so-called miracle as a collective delusion.
- He had no delusions about his feelings for Kate.
- He seemed to be under the delusion that he would make his fortune within a few years.
- He's under some delusion that I'm going to cheat him.
- I thought the whole idea was just a foolish and dangerous delusion.
- She had delusions of persecution.
- Many people with this condition suffer from delusions.
- She believes her critics are not really important. This is a dangerous and foolish delusion.
Topics Opinion and argumentc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- dangerous
- paranoid
- collective
- …
verb + delusion
- get
- harbour/harbor
- have
- …
preposition
- under a/the delusion
- delusion about
- delusion of
- …
phrases
- delusions of grandeur
See full entry
[uncountable] the act of believing or making yourself believe something that is not true
- He seems to have retreated into a world of fear and delusion.
- My mother had a tremendous capacity for delusion.
see also delude
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- dangerous
- paranoid
- collective
- …
verb + delusion
- get
- harbour/harbor
- have
- …
preposition
- under a/the delusion
- delusion about
- delusion of
- …
phrases
- delusions of grandeur
See full entry

Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘act of deluding or of being deluded’): from late Latin delusio(n-), from the verb deludere ‘to mock’, from de- (with pejorative force) + ludere ‘to play’.

单词	delusion
释义	delusion noun /dɪˈluːʒn/ /dɪˈluːʒn/ jump to other results [countable] a false belief or opinion about yourself or your situation the delusions of the mentally ill Don't go getting delusions of grandeur (= a belief that you are more important than you actually are). He was suffering from paranoid delusions and hallucinations. Love can be nothing but a delusion. Extra Examples He dismissed the so-called miracle as a collective delusion. He had no delusions about his feelings for Kate. He seemed to be under the delusion that he would make his fortune within a few years. He's under some delusion that I'm going to cheat him. I thought the whole idea was just a foolish and dangerous delusion. She had delusions of persecution. Many people with this condition suffer from delusions. She believes her critics are not really important. This is a dangerous and foolish delusion. Topics Opinion and argumentc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective dangerous paranoid collective … verb + delusion get harbour/harbor have … preposition under a/the delusion delusion about delusion of … phrases delusions of grandeur See full entry [uncountable] the act of believing or making yourself believe something that is not true He seems to have retreated into a world of fear and delusion. My mother had a tremendous capacity for delusion. see also delude Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective dangerous paranoid collective … verb + delusion get harbour/harbor have … preposition under a/the delusion delusion about delusion of … phrases delusions of grandeur See full entry Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘act of deluding or of being deluded’): from late Latin delusio(n-), from the verb deludere ‘to mock’, from de- (with pejorative force) + ludere ‘to play’.
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