Defenition of the word delusion

• Defenition of the word delusion

  • a mistaken opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"
  • an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
  • the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
  • a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination"
  • (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
  • a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea

Synonyms for the word delusion

• • psychotic belief

Hyponyms for the word delusion

• • delusions of grandeur
  • delusions of persecution
  • disorientation
  • freak out
  • hallucination
  • nihilism
  • nihilistic delusion
  • somatic delusion
  • zoanthropy

Hypernyms for the word delusion

• • deceit
  • deception
  • dissembling
  • dissimulation
  • mental condition
  • mental state
  • misconception
  • psychological condition
  • psychological state

See other words

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  • The interpretation of the word envisioning
  • What is meant by deductive reasoning
  • The lexical meaning minding
  • The dictionary meaning of the word suppositions
  • The grammatical meaning of the word presumptions
  • Meaning of the word speculated
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word speculations
  • The origin of the word pipe dream
  • Synonym for the word reverie
  • Antonyms for the word dreamed
  • Homonyms for the word mindful
  • Hyponyms for the word hallucinate
  • Holonyms for the word dreamier
  • Hypernyms for the word dreamland
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word dreamers
  • Translation of the word in other languages dreamiest