Meaning | (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary. |
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Synonym | psychotic belief |
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Category | psychology, psychological science | The science of mental life |
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Narrower | delusions of grandeur | A delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are |
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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 |
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Spanish | delirio |
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Catalan | deliri |
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Adjectives | delusional | suffering from or characterized by delusions |
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Verbs | delude | be false to |
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