Delusion

Synonyms for "delusion" (214 found)

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Noun(2 words)

psychotic beliefcastles

aberrancy aberration acting affectation agnosiaairy nothingapparition appearance artifice attitudinizing autism bamboozlement befooling block blocking bluff bluffing bubblecalculated deceptioncastle in the air

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casuistry cheat cheating chicane chicanery chimera circumvention color coloring conning counterfeit daydream deceit deceiving deception deceptiveness defectiveness defrauding deliriumdeluded beliefdelusion of persecution

Strong matches (64)

Noun(7 words)

delusional beliefdelusional convictionfallacies fallacyfalse belieffalse convictionfantasy adjective

delusiveness dereism deviancy disguise disorientation dissemblance dissembling dissimulation distortion dreamdream visiondreamland dreamworld dupery eidolon enmeshment ensnarement entanglement entrapment equivocation

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errancy erroneousness error facade face fake fakery faking fallaciousness fallacyfalse airfalse belieffalse frontfalse showfalseness falsity fancy fantasy fault faultiness feigning feint figment flaw flawednessflight of ideasflimflam flimflammeryfond illusionfooling four-flushing fraud front ghost gilt gloss hallucination

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Noun(13 words)

hallucinationhead gameillusion illusions infatuation irrationalities kookiness meshugge misapprehension misbelief myth paranoia phantasies

hallucinosis hamartia heresy heterodoxy hoodwinking humbug humbuggeryignis fatuusillusion imposture insanity kidding masquerademental blockmental confusionmeretriciousness mirage misapplication misbelief misconception

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misconstruction misdoing misfeasance misinterpretation misjudgment mistake nihilismnihilistic delusionostentationoutward showoutwitting overreaching paralogia peccancy perversion phantasm phantompipe dreamplayacting pose posing posture preconception pretense pretension pretextpsychological blockputting onrepresentation ruse seeming self-contradiction self-deceit self-deception self-delusion semblance shade sham show simulacrum simulation sin sinfulnesssnow jobsong and dancesophism sophistry speciousness spoofery spoofing spuriousness stratagem subterfuge swindling trick trickery trickiness tricking trip unorthodoxy untrueness untruth untruthfulness vapor varnish victimization visionwillful misconceptionwindow dressingwishful thinkingwrongwrong impressionwrongness

Adjective(1 words)

wild idea

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More general

12 entries

belief deceit deception dissembling dissimulation ideamental conditionmental statemisconceptionpsychological conditionpsychological statepsychological symptom

More specific

7 entries

Capgras syndromegrandiose delusionjealous delusionmythparanormal beliefpersecutory delusionurban legend

Collocations

6 entries

Capgras syndromefalse belieffixed delusiongrandiose delusionpersecutory delusionpsychotic delusion

Inflections

1 entries

delusions

Derivations

4 entries

delusional delusionary delusive delusively

Sample sentences

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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.

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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.

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