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Meanings of delusion in English
Firm and fixed belief based on inadequate grounding.
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Examples for "delusions"
Examples for "delusions"
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Court appointed experts said he suffered from schizophrenia, disordered thinking and delusions.
2
Left in the Crimea, his delusions had clearly grown ever more acute.
3
Just a different mythology and the same crabshit delusions of ancient honour.
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For a long time, indeed, I nursed the delusions of the ideal.
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I rejoice to hear that he is superior to the popular delusions.
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Heard hinted at the bizarre stoush in court documents, claiming Depp made "paranoid and irrational accusations about some delusional idea".
2
She didn't like me using alcohol or drugs because she had some delusional idea that they turned me into a monster, he said.
3
He had stopped taking his medication and was voicing delusional ideas.
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No hallucinations could be elicited, and his delusional ideas were confined to the naval officials.
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The severity of hallucinations and non-persecutory delusional ideas discriminated patients at ultra-high risk for conversion to psychosis.
(Psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary.
Usage of delusion in English
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Every point, every game, every four-yearly cycle of self-delusion brings fresh hope.
2
As former victims of political delusion, these defectors claim a unique authority.
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The physician himself might perhaps in some cases share in the delusion.
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I almost hope Deke's right and this whole thing is a delusion.
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However, it wasn't bravado or delusion that led me to this conclusion.
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The most continuous experience has been unsuccessful in shaking this grave delusion.
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Angelic delusion; to think there is only one truth in the world.
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And, of course, paranoia drifts into delusion, chance conversations become an interrogation.
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Beware the so-called road map; it is a snare and a delusion.
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In 2005, a generation primed for action got the politics of delusion.
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It had been Fat's delusion for years that he could help people.
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Nearer and nearer the whimpering pack pressed; their delusion begins to dispel.
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The pretty way in which she asks favours carries out the delusion.
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In the meadow, Jeanne still laboured under the heroic delusion of victory.
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The delusion is over; from this hour I serve them no longer.
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Reality is the offender; delusion our treasure that we are robbed of.
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Russian
Delusion through the time
Delusion across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Less common