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1. (n.) delusion
an act or instance of deluding.
2. delusion
the state of being deluded.
3. delusion
a false belief or opinion:
delusions of grandeur.
4. delusion
a false belief that is resistant to reason or confrontation with actual fact:
a paranoid delusion.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < L dēlūsiō; see delude , -tion)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) delusion, psychotic belief
(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
2. (noun) delusion, hallucination
a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
"he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination"
3. (noun) delusion, illusion, head game
the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
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1. (noun) delusion
a belief not based on fact
the delusion that he could control his fate
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) delusion
the act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind
2. (noun) delusion
the state of being deluded or misled
3. (noun) delusion
that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief
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Sense: a false belief, especially as a symptom of mental illness
The young man was suffering from delusions.
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 Afrikaans: misleiding, waan, valse v |
 Arabic: خِداع، غِش |
 Bulgarian: заблуда |
 Brazilian: delírio |
 Czech: blud, halucinace |
 German: die Wahnvorstellung |
 Danish: vrangforestilling |
 Greek: πλάνη, αυταπάτη |
 Spanish: falsa ilusión, alucinació |
 Estonian: pettekujutlus |
 Farsi: توهم؛ خیال واهی |
 Finnish: harhaluulo |
 French: hallucination |
 Hebrew: אַשלָיָה |
 Hindi: भ्रांति |
 Croatian: obmana, privid |
 Hungarian: érzékcsalódás |
 Indonesian: halusinasi |
 Icelandic: hugarórar; ranghugmynd |
 Italian: fissazione |
 Japanese: 妄想 |
 Korean: 현혹 |
 Lithuanian: manija |
 Latvian: maldīšanās; mānija |
 Malay: menipu |
 Dutch: waanvoorstelling |
 Norwegian: vrangforestilling, selvbe |
 Polish: ułuda |
 Persian: توهم؛ خیال واهی |
 Pashto: خیال |
 Portuguese: delírio |
 Romanian: deziluzie |
 Russian: заблуждение; галлюцинация |
 Slovak: blud, halucinácie |
 Slovenian: zabloda, iluzija |
 Serbian: opsena |
 Swedish: villfarelse, inbillning, |
 Thai: การเข้าใจผิด |
 Turkish: hayal, kuruntu |
 Taiwanese: (醫學)妄想 |
 Ukrainian: манія; галюцинація |
 Urdu: وہم ، خام خیالی بطور خلل |
 Vietnamese: sự đánh lừa |
 Chinese: （医学）妄想 |
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