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Delusion

🔄 Synonyms of "Delusion"

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Word	Definition
psychotic beliefnoun	(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Delusion"

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Word	Definition
psychotic beliefnoun	(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
self-deceptionnoun	The act of fooling oneself, of willfully not accepting the obvious.
self-delusionnoun	The act of deluding oneself, or the state of being so deluded.
illusory	Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.
illusionnoun	(countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
fallacynoun	(logic) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a specious argument.
make-believenoun	(uncountable) The quality or act of pretending; acting as if something is true when in fact one knows it is not.
prevaricationnoun	Evasion of the truth.
hoaxnoun	Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
deceptionnoun	An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
obsessionnoun	An idea that engenders a compulsive or irrational preoccupation, or the preoccupation thereby engendered.
shamnoun	A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
deceitnoun	An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
tricknoun	Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
cheatingnoun	An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
fantasynoun	(literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
fraudnoun	(law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
misunderstandingnoun	A mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception.
misapprehensionnoun	A failure to understand something; an illusion, misconception or misunderstanding.
mistakenoun	An error.