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noun(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
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"he has delusions of competence"nouna mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
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nounthe act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideastype of:
Definition that contains delusion
- paranoia a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur
- delusional suffering from or characterized by delusions
- disorientation a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)
- expansive marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur
- nihilism the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal
- megalomania a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur
- folie a deux the simultaneous occurrence of symptoms of a mental disorder (as delusions) in two persons who are closely related (as siblings or man and wife)
- nihilistic delusion the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal
- paraphrenic schizophrenia a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner
- delusions of grandeur a delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are