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Delusions
A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
📖 Definitions of "Delusions"
noun
- 1
A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
- 2
The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
- 3
That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Delusions"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| psychotic beliefnoun | (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary |
| aberrationsnoun | The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state. |
| cheatsnoun | (countable) An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception. |
| daydreamsnoun | A spontaneous series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality. |
| deceptions | a 1990 erotic drama film starring Nicollette Sheridan, Harry Hamlin and Robert Davi. |
| disappointmentsnoun | (uncountable) The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something bad unexpectedly happens. |
| fantasiesnoun | (literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc. |
| hallucinations | David Usher's third studio album. |
| ideas | Ideas usually refer to a person's thoughts or a developed concepts. |
| illusions | (stylized as illusions) a surreal puzzle video game published by Coleco for its ColecoVision console in 1984. |
| imaginationsnoun | The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images. |
| miragesnoun | An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water. |
| psychosesnoun | (psychology) A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality. |
| ravingsnoun | (usually in the plural) Wild, incoherent, or irrational talk. |
| visionsnoun | (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight. |
| misconceptionsnoun | A mistaken belief, a wrong idea. |
| fallaciesnoun | (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. |
| chimerasnoun | (mythology, art) Any fantastic creature combining parts from different animals. |
| phantasmsnoun | Something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition. |
| self-deceptions | The act of fooling oneself, of willfully not accepting the obvious. |
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