Delusion

Synonyms for "delusion" (198 found)

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114 translations across 30 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • خِدَاع noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • ضَلَالَة noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • غَرُور noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)
  • وَهْم noun (state of being deluded or misled)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • заблуджэ́нне noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • заблуджэ́ньне noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • зман noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • падма́н noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • заблу́да noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • заблу́да noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • заблужде́ние noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • илю́зия noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 幻想 noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • 謬見 /谬见 noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • 錯誤信念 /错误信念 noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)
  • 騙局 /骗局 noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)

Czech

4 entries
  • blud noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • blud noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)
  • falešná představa noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)
  • klam noun (state of being deluded or misled)

Danish

2 entries
  • indbildning noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • vrangforestilling noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)

Dutch

4 entries
  • hersenschim noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)
  • inbeelding noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • misvatting noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)
  • waan noun (state of being deluded or misled)

Finnish

3 entries
  • harhaanjohtaminen noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • harhakuvitelma noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)
  • harhaluulo noun (state of being deluded or misled)

French

3 entries
  • délire noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • idée délirante noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • illusion noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)

German

4 entries
  • Irreführung noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • Täuschung noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • Täuschung noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)
  • Wahn noun (state of being deluded or misled)

Greek

4 entries
  • αυταπάτη noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • αυταπάτη noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • πλάνη noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • πλάνη noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אשליה noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • הטעיה noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)

Hindi

2 entries
  • भ्रम noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • भ्रमित noun (state of being deluded or misled)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • bertakhayul noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • delusi noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • delusi noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • paranoid noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)

Irish

1 entries
  • seachrán noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)

Italian

3 entries
  • convinzione errata noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • illusione noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • illusione noun (state of being deluded or misled)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 妄想 noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)

Latin

2 entries
  • dēlūsiō noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • dēlūsiō noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)

Māori

4 entries
  • kaihewa noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • pōhēhētanga noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • pōhēhētanga noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • pōhēhētanga noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • وسوسه noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • وسوسه noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)

Polish

4 entries
  • omam noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • omamienie noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • przywidzenie noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • ułuda noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • delusão noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • delusão noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • delusão noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)
  • delírio noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)

Romanian

2 entries
  • amăgire noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • înșelare noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)

Russian

4 entries
  • введе́ние в заблужде́ние noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • заблужде́ние noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • иллю́зия noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • обма́н noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • deluzija noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • zabluda noun (state of being deluded or misled)

Spanish

4 entries
  • delirio noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • delirio noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)
  • delusión noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)
  • engaño noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • traike noun (state of being deluded or misled)

Turkish

2 entries
  • delüzyon noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • vehim noun (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • обма́н noun (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind)
  • ома́на noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • по́милка noun (state of being deluded or misled)
  • поми́лка noun (state of being deluded or misled)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • hoang tưởng noun (state of being deluded or misled)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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That girl is under the delusion that she is a princess.

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When I was a kid, I thought that if I died the world would just disappear. What a childish delusion! I just couldn't accept that the world could continue to exist without me.

Source: tatoeba (510318)

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

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The final delusion is the belief that one has lost all delusions.

Source: tatoeba (1505792)

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