Delusion
noun
A belief that is not true or real, especially when it is caused by mental illness.
He suffers from delusions of grandeur.
Often appears as...
- suffer from delusion
- under a delusion
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Psychological
noun
A false idea about what is happening or situation.
She's under the delusion that she will be promoted this year.
Often appears as...
- under a delusion
- a delusion that
noun
A belief that is not true or real, especially when it is caused by mental illness.
He suffers from delusions of grandeur.
Often appears as...
- suffer from delusion
- under a delusion
Usage tips
Psychological
noun
A false idea about what is happening or situation.
She's under the delusion that she will be promoted this year.
Often appears as...
- under a delusion
- a delusion that
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Pro Tip 1/3Mental Illness Link
Delusions often indicate mental illness, especially conditions like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
His therapist said that his delusion is a symptom of his schizophrenia.
Pro Tip 2/3Grandeur or Persecution
Delusions can involve feelings of great importance or unjust maltreatment.
She believes she's a descendant of royalty, a typical delusion of grandeur.
Pro Tip 3/3Contextual nuance
In literature, 'delusion' is used to explore characters' flawed perceptions or reality.
The protagonist's delusion fueled his misguided actions throughout the novel.
Pro Tip 1/3Mental Illness Link
Delusions often indicate mental illness, especially conditions like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
His therapist said that his delusion is a symptom of his schizophrenia.
Pro Tip 2/3Grandeur or Persecution
Delusions can involve feelings of great importance or unjust maltreatment.
She believes she's a descendant of royalty, a typical delusion of grandeur.
Pro Tip 3/3Contextual nuance
In literature, 'delusion' is used to explore characters' flawed perceptions or reality.
The protagonist's delusion fueled his misguided actions throughout the novel.
Pro Tip 1/3Mental Illness Link
Delusions often indicate mental illness, especially conditions like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
His therapist said that his delusion is a symptom of his schizophrenia.
Pro Tip 2/3Grandeur or Persecution
Delusions can involve feelings of great importance or unjust maltreatment.
She believes she's a descendant of royalty, a typical delusion of grandeur.
Pro Tip 3/3Contextual nuance
In literature, 'delusion' is used to explore characters' flawed perceptions or reality.
The protagonist's delusion fueled his misguided actions throughout the novel.
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A tale of mental illness...
For example, when I'm psychotic I often have the delusion that I've killed hundreds of thousands of people with my thoughts. I sometimes have the idea that nuclear explosions are about to be set off in my brain. Occasionally, I have hallucinations, like one time I turned around and saw a man with a raised knife.
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A journey through the...
a garden. We shake this box up, and all these people kind of start hitting each other like particles. And I think that's the way you change the world. You redefine your insides and the box that you're living in. And you come together to realize that we're all in this together, that this delusion of difference --
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Are you a giver or a...
and saying exceptionally glowing things about you. The great thing about a culture of givers is that's not a delusion -- it's reality. I want to live in a world where givers succeed, and I hope you will help me create that world.
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Ebola - Photos From the...
here an advanced Ebola patient who is quite delusional sometimes the disease is intense it causes delusions in the mind and this guy has tried to escape from one of the highly quarantine wards here in this holding facility at
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The voices in my head PIPE...
and incapable of establishing any kind of peace or reconciliation. Two years later, and the deterioration was dramatic. By now, I had the whole frenzied terrifying voices, grotesque visions, bizarre, intractable delusions.
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Paul Gilding: The Earth...
when we move past this bumbling adolescence where we think there are no limits and suffer delusions of immortality? Well it's time to grow up, to be wiser, to be calmer, to be more considered. Like generations before us,
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Art can fail PIPE JR
like the way I see life and society so if I take advantage of your support to team up with a company that had complete different goals to sell you sneakers perfume or underwear you be fair that is called delusion and I
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Is marijuana bad for...
Marijuana can also cause hallucinations or paranoid delusions. Known as marijuana-induced psychosis, these symptoms usually subside when a person stops using marijuana. But in rare cases, psychosis doesn’t subside,
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Depression, the secret...
because we believe we are seeing the truth. But the truth lies. I became obsessed with that "But the truth lies." And I discovered, as I talked to depressive people, that they have many delusional perceptions.
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3 secrets of resilient...
They know that suffering is part of life. This doesn't mean they actually welcome it in, they're not actually delusional. Just that when the tough times come, they seem to know
Video examples
A tale of mental illness...
For example, when I'm psychotic I often have the delusion that I've killed hundreds of thousands of people with my thoughts. I sometimes have the idea that nuclear explosions are about to be set off in my brain. Occasionally, I have hallucinations, like one time I turned around and saw a man with a raised knife.
Video examples
A journey through the...
a garden. We shake this box up, and all these people kind of start hitting each other like particles. And I think that's the way you change the world. You redefine your insides and the box that you're living in. And you come together to realize that we're all in this together, that this delusion of difference --
Video examples
Are you a giver or a...
and saying exceptionally glowing things about you. The great thing about a culture of givers is that's not a delusion -- it's reality. I want to live in a world where givers succeed, and I hope you will help me create that world.
Video examples
Ebola - Photos From the...
here an advanced Ebola patient who is quite delusional sometimes the disease is intense it causes delusions in the mind and this guy has tried to escape from one of the highly quarantine wards here in this holding facility at
Video examples
The voices in my head PIPE...
and incapable of establishing any kind of peace or reconciliation. Two years later, and the deterioration was dramatic. By now, I had the whole frenzied terrifying voices, grotesque visions, bizarre, intractable delusions.
Video examples
Paul Gilding: The Earth...
when we move past this bumbling adolescence where we think there are no limits and suffer delusions of immortality? Well it's time to grow up, to be wiser, to be calmer, to be more considered. Like generations before us,
Video examples
Art can fail PIPE JR
like the way I see life and society so if I take advantage of your support to team up with a company that had complete different goals to sell you sneakers perfume or underwear you be fair that is called delusion and I
Video examples
Is marijuana bad for...
Marijuana can also cause hallucinations or paranoid delusions. Known as marijuana-induced psychosis, these symptoms usually subside when a person stops using marijuana. But in rare cases, psychosis doesn’t subside,
Video examples
Depression, the secret...
because we believe we are seeing the truth. But the truth lies. I became obsessed with that "But the truth lies." And I discovered, as I talked to depressive people, that they have many delusional perceptions.
Video examples
3 secrets of resilient...
They know that suffering is part of life. This doesn't mean they actually welcome it in, they're not actually delusional. Just that when the tough times come, they seem to know
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Steven Millhauser
American Novelist
I never write to disappear and escape. The truth is exactly the opposite. Most people strike me as escaping and disappearing in one way or another - into their jobs, their daily routines, their delusions about themselves and others.
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Jack Black
American Actor
When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.
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Gene Simmons
American Musician
When you really think about it, I'm not delusional enough to think that what I do is important to life as we know it on this planet. No. But neither is what you do.
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Jennifer Hyman
American Businesswoman
My parents are both massive feminists and always led me to believe that I could dream big and do anything that I wanted in my life, almost to a delusional degree.
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Panos Cosmatos
Canadian Director
I just find there's nothing funnier and more scary than a delusional man who thinks they're the center of the universe, and in fact they're not.
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Thomas Huxley
English Scientist
No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life.
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Taapsee Pannu
Indian Actress
I didn't know how to act, but I was open to learning. I was not delusional that looks would help me sail through.
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Ludwig Borne
German Writer
Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.
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Al Goldstein
American Publisher
Celebrity gives us delusion of self importance.
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Friedrich Durrenmatt
Swiss Author
Truth is always a delusion.
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Steven Millhauser
American Novelist
I never write to disappear and escape. The truth is exactly the opposite. Most people strike me as escaping and disappearing in one way or another - into their jobs, their daily routines, their delusions about themselves and others.
Quote examples
Jack Black
American Actor
When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.
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Gene Simmons
American Musician
When you really think about it, I'm not delusional enough to think that what I do is important to life as we know it on this planet. No. But neither is what you do.
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Jennifer Hyman
American Businesswoman
My parents are both massive feminists and always led me to believe that I could dream big and do anything that I wanted in my life, almost to a delusional degree.
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Panos Cosmatos
Canadian Director
I just find there's nothing funnier and more scary than a delusional man who thinks they're the center of the universe, and in fact they're not.
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Thomas Huxley
English Scientist
No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life.
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Taapsee Pannu
Indian Actress
I didn't know how to act, but I was open to learning. I was not delusional that looks would help me sail through.
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Ludwig Borne
German Writer
Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.
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Al Goldstein
American Publisher
Celebrity gives us delusion of self importance.
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Friedrich Durrenmatt
Swiss Author
Truth is always a delusion.
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