Definition of delusion

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Delusion (n.) The state of being deluded or misled.

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Flam :: Flam (n.) A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion..
Sham :: Sham (n.) That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug..
Prestige :: Prestige (v.) Delusion; illusion; trick.
Self-delusion :: Self-delusion (n.) The act of deluding one's self, or the state of being thus deluded..
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..
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..
Megalomania :: Megalomania (n.) A form of mental alienation in which the patient has grandiose delusions.
Circumvention :: Circumvention (n.) The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion..
Monomaniacal :: Monomaniacal (a.) Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal delusion..
Self-abuse :: Self-abuse (n.) Self-deception; 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..
Plausible :: Plausible (a.) Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious; as, a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion..
Delusion :: Delusion (n.) The state of being deluded or misled.
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..
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture..
Wanhope :: Wanhope (n.) Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman..
Misimagination :: Misimagination (n.) Wrong imagination; delusion.
Delusional :: Delusional (a.) Of or pertaining to delusions; as, delusional monomania..
Delusion :: Delusion (n.) The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.
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