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delusion

UK
/dɪˈluːʒən/
US
/dɪˈluʒən/

Translations

delusionnoun
delusions
pl
UK
/dɪˈluːʒən/
US
/dɪˈluʒən/
The magician's trick was just an elaborate delusion.
Фокус мага был всего лишь сложной иллюзией.
The patient was suffering from delusions of grandeur.
Пациент страдал от бреда величия.
He was under the delusion that he could win the lottery.
Он был в заблуждении, что может выиграть в лотерею.
Additional translations
обман
самообман
Synonyms
fallacy
fantasy
misconception
illusion
self-deception
pipe dream
hallucination
deception

Definitions

delusionnoun
Psychiatry: a persistent false belief that is resistant to reason or confrontation with actual fact and is characteristic of certain mental disorders.
The psychiatrist noted the patient's delusion that his phone was being tapped by aliens.
A firmly held but false idea or conviction, especially one that contradicts available evidence or logical reasoning.
He was under the delusion that hard work alone guarantees success.
The act or state of deluding; deception.
The novel explores the delusion employed by those in power to manipulate the masses.
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