HyperDic: psychotic_belief

English > 1 sense of the expression psychotic belief:
NOUNstatepsychotic belief, delusion(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
English > psychotic belief: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary.
Synonymdelusion
Categorypsychology, psychological scienceThe science of mental life
Narrowerdelusions of grandeurA delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are
delusions of persecutionA delusion (common in paranoia) that others are out to get you and frustrate and embarrass you or inflict suffering on you
hallucinationillusory perception
nihilistic delusion, nihilismThe delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist
somatic delusionA delusion concerning the body image or parts of the body
zoanthropyThe delusion that you have assumed the form of an animal
Broaderpsychological state, psychological condition, mental state, mental condition(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic
Spanishdelirio
Catalandeliri

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