| NOUN | state | delusion, psychotic belief | (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary |
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| cognition | delusion, hallucination | a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea | |
| act | delusion, illusion, head game | the act of deluding |
| Sounds | dihluw'zhahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary. | |
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| Synonym | psychotic belief | |
| Category | psychology, psychological science | The science of mental life |
| Narrower | delusions of grandeur | A delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are |
| delusions of persecution | A delusion (common in paranoia) that others are out to get you and frustrate and embarrass you or inflict suffering on you | |
| hallucination | illusory perception | |
| nihilistic delusion, nihilism | The delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist | |
| somatic delusion | A delusion concerning the body image or parts of the body | |
| zoanthropy | The delusion that you have assumed the form of an animal | |
| Broader | psychological 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 |
| Spanish | delirio | |
| Catalan | deliri | |
| Adjectives | delusional | suffering from or characterized by delusions |
| Verbs | delude | be false to |
| Meaning | A mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea. | |
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| Example | "he has delusions of competence" | |
| Synonym | hallucination | |
| Narrower | disorientation, freak out | A wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug) |
| Broader | misconception | An incorrect conception |
| Adjectives | delusional | suffering from or characterized by delusions |
| Verbs | delude | be false to |
| Meaning | The act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas. | |
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| Synonyms | illusion, head game | |
| Broader | deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation | The act of deceiving / deceiving |
| Spanish | engaño, ilusión | |
| Catalan | il·lusió | |
| Verbs | delude | be false to |
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