Firm and fixed belief based on inadequate grounding.
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Examples for "delusion "
Examples for "delusion "
1 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.
3 The physician himself might perhaps in some cases share in the delusion .
4 I almost hope Deke's right and this whole thing is a delusion .
5 However, it wasn't bravado or delusion that led me to this conclusion.
1 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.
4 For a long time, indeed, I nursed the delusions of the ideal.
5 I rejoice to hear that he is superior to the popular delusions .
1 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 .
4 No hallucinations could be elicited, and his delusional ideas were confined to the naval officials.
5 The severity of hallucinations and non-persecutory delusional ideas discriminated patients at ultra-high risk for conversion to psychosis.
6 He was accordingly again thoroughly examined on April 8, with the following results: He reiterated his delusional ideas substantially as given above.
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This collocation consists of: Translations for delusional idea