| NOUN | state | psychotic belief, delusion | (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary |
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| Meaning | (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary. | |
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| Synonym | delusion | |
| 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 | |
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