DELUSION meaning: Mistaken belief despite contrary evidence

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delusion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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delusion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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delusion: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (delusion)

▸ noun:  A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
▸ noun:  The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.
▸ noun:  That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
▸ noun:  A fixed, false belief, that will not change, despite evidence to the contrary.

Opposite:

illusion, hallucination

Types:

grandiose, somatic, persecutory, erotomanic, jealous, mixed, unspecified, more...

Phrases:

insane delusion, paranoid delusion, mass delusion, somatic delusion, grandiose delusion, more...

Adjectives:

self, mere, strong, popular, great, strange, optical, insane, fatal, dangerous, common

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pale lavender, hazy blue, ethereal white, phantom black, ghostly silver, more...

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