Definition of delusion

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Delusion (n.) The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.

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Flam :: Flam (n.) A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion..
Hallucination :: Hallucination (n.) The perception of objects which have no reality, or of sensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising from disorder or the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; delusion..
Self-abuse :: Self-abuse (n.) Self-deception; delusion.
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture..
Quixotism :: Quixotism (n.) That form of delusion which leads to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don Quixote in knight-errantry..
Circumvention :: Circumvention (n.) The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion..
Delusion :: Delusion (n.) The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.
Delusional :: Delusional (a.) Of or pertaining to delusions; as, delusional monomania..
Megalomania :: Megalomania (n.) A form of mental alienation in which the patient has grandiose delusions.
Disenchant :: Disenchant (v. t.) To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion.
Misimagination :: Misimagination (n.) Wrong imagination; delusion.
Delusion :: Delusion (n.) That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
Melancholia :: Melancholia (n.) A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas..
Wanhope :: Wanhope (n.) Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman..
Delusion :: Delusion (n.) The state of being deluded or misled.
Prestige :: Prestige (v.) Delusion; illusion; trick.
Insanity :: Insanity (n.) Such a mental condition, as, either from the existence of delusions, or from incapacity to distinguish between right and wrong, with regard to any matter under action, does away with individual responsibility..
Sham :: Sham (n.) That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug..
Self-delusion :: Self-delusion (n.) The act of deluding one's self, or the state of being thus deluded..
Monomaniacal :: Monomaniacal (a.) Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal delusion..
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