delusion

Noun

Meaning

The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.

The state of being deluded or misled.

That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

illusion hallucination phantom maya fantasia mirage chimera derangement revenant spectre daydream phantasy chimaera heresy mania
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Antonyms

amendment world fact help cosmos attention
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Hypernyms

deception misconception deceit dissembling dissimulation psychological condition

Hyponyms

nihilism hallucination disorientation freak out zoanthropy nihilistic delusion

Phrases with the word

be under a delusion delusion of persecution delusion of greatness

Anagrams

unsoiled

Examples

The time of delusion is coming, don't look for anyone - you will be deceived. Matrona of Moscow

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another. H. L. Mencken

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. William Ralph Inge

No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities. Christian Nestell Bovee

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

It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them. Rose Macaulay

Close letter words and terms

delundung delurk delurker delusion of adequacy delusion of doubles delusion of grandeur