Delirium of one person is called madness. Delirium of thousands of people is called religion.
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Delirium
/dɪˈlɪ.ɹi.əm/
Synonyms for "delirium" (129 found)
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Closest matches (26)
abandonafebrile deliriumagnosiaapparitionardorblockblockingbrainchildbrainstormbubblecalenturechildbed feverchimeracontinued fevercrazedeliriousnessdelusiondelusion of persecutiondisorientation
Strong matches (39)
ecstasyeidolonenthusiasmeruptive feverfancyfantasquefantasyfebricityfebrilityfervorfeverfever heatfeverishnessfictionfigmentfigment of the imaginationfirefire and furyflight of ideasflush
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frenzyfurorfurorefuryhallucinationhallucinosisheathectichectic feverhectic flushhyperpyrexiahyperthermiahysteriaidle fancy
Noun(5 words)
Related words (64)
illusionimageryimaginationimaginingincoherenceinsubstantial imageintermittent feverintoxicationinventionlingual deliriummadnessmaggotmake believemake-believemental blockmental confusionmythnihilismnihilistic delusionorgasm
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orgyparalogiapassionphantasmphantomprotein feverpsychological blockpuerperal feverpyrexiaragerantingraptureravingravishmentrelapsing feverremittentremittent feverromancesick fancystretch of the imaginationtearing passionthick-coming fanciestowering ragetransporttripurethral fevervaccinal fevervaporvisionwanderingwater feverwhimwhimsywildest dreamwildest dreamswound feverzeal
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13 entriesdisturbanceemotional statefoliemaniamanic disordermedical conditionmental disordermental disturbancemental stateneurological conditionpsychiatric syndromepsychological disorderpsychological state
More specific
2 entriesdelirium tremenshypoactive delirium
Collocations
5 entriesacute deliriumdelirium syndromedelirium tremenshypoactive deliriumpostoperative delirium
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3 entriesSample sentences
14 total sentences available.
We don't help racists promote their delirium caused by ignorance and stupidity.
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There's a widespread delirium.
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On the inquest it was shown that Buck Fanshaw, in the delirium of a wasting typhoid fever, had taken arsenic, shot himself through the body, cut his throat, and jumped out of a four-story window and broken his neck—and after due deliberation, the jury, sad and tearful, but with intelligence unblinded by its sorrow, brought in a verdict of death "by the visitation of God." What could the world do without juries?
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