Definitions for delusion
dɪˈlu ʒəndelu·sion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. delusion, psychotic beliefnoun

   (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary

2. delusion, hallucinationnoun

   a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea

   "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination"

3. delusion, illusion, head gamenoun

   the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. delusionnoun

   A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.

2. delusionnoun

   The state of being deluded or misled.

3. delusionnoun

   That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Delusionnoun

   Etymology: delusio, Latin.

   1. A cheat; guile; deceit; treachery; fraud; collusion; falsehood.2. A false representation; illusion; errour; a chimerical thought.

   Who therefore seeks in these
   True wisdom, finds her not, or by delusion. John Milton, Par. Reg.

   I waking, view’d with grief the rising sun,
   And fondly mourn’d the dear delusion gone. Matthew Prior.

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1. Delusion

   A delusion is a false fixed belief that is not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence. As a pathology, it is distinct from a belief based on false or incomplete information, confabulation, dogma, illusion, hallucination, or some other misleading effects of perception, as individuals with those beliefs are able to change or readjust their beliefs upon reviewing the evidence. However: "The distinction between a delusion and a strongly held idea is sometimes difficult to make and depends in part on the degree of conviction with which the belief is held despite clear or reasonable contradictory evidence regarding its veracity."Delusions have been found to occur in the context of many pathological states (both general physical and mental) and are of particular diagnostic importance in psychotic disorders including schizophrenia, paraphrenia, manic episodes of bipolar disorder, and psychotic depression.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Delusionnoun

   the act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind

2. Delusionnoun

   the state of being deluded or misled

3. Delusionnoun

   that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief

FreebaseRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Delusion

   A delusion is a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary. As a pathology, it is distinct from a belief based on false or incomplete information, confabulation, dogma, illusion, or other effects of perception. Delusions typically occur in the context of neurological or mental illness, although they are not tied to any particular disease and have been found to occur in the context of many pathological states. However, they are of particular diagnostic importance in psychotic disorders including schizophrenia, paraphrenia, manic episodes of bipolar disorder, and psychotic depression.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Delusion

   de-lū′zhun, n. the act of deluding: the state of being deluded: a false belief: error.—adj. Delū′sional, pertaining to delusions, afflicted with such.—n. Delū′sionist.—adjs. Delū′sive, Delū′sory, apt or tending to delude: deceptive.—adv. Delū′sively.—n. Delū′siveness. [See Delude.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of delusion in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of delusion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of delusion in a Sentence

1. Mr. Monk:

   Do you know what a delusion is? It's a false belief sustained despite clear evidence to the contrary.

2. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   on modern man, modernity, and technotyranny, I say this:-hooked on technology. can't discern myth from reality, loses his identity, yearns for a state of ideality. one thing he knows, is that no matter how older he grows, he sees this as just a delusion- he has no solution, that's why there is so much confusion.

3. Nicholas Wade:

   Mainstream media, newspapers and television networks, they just bought into that story without doing any serious digging of their own, that is why we have been in this sort of delusion for more than a year. Our media has let us down by failing to investigate a very flimsy story that these two groups of virologists put out.

4. Bill Maher:

   There's a lot of talk in liberal corners about how Republicans should tell their base who still believe that the election was rigged, that they need to grow up and move on and stop asking the rest of us to respect their mass delusion, and, of course, it is a mass delusion, but the inconvenient truth here is, if you accord religious faith the kind of exhaled respect we do here in America, you've already lost the argument that massdelusion is bad.

5. Louis Aragon:

   There exists a black kingdom which the eyes of man avoid because its landscape fails signally to flatter them. This darkness, which he imagines he can dispense with in describing the light, is error with its unknown characteristics. Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally well be said about error: the delusion will be no greater.

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