Delusion Definition

dĭ-lo͝ozhən
delusions
noun
delusions
The act or process of deluding.
American Heritage
A deluding or being deluded.
Webster's New World
A false belief or opinion.
Webster's New World
A false, persistent belief maintained in spite of evidence to the contrary.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Delusion

Noun

Singular:
delusion
Plural:
delusions

Origin of Delusion

  • Middle English delusioun from Latin dēlūsiō dēlūsiōn- from dēlūsus past participle of dēlūdere to delude delude

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Delusion Sentence Examples

  • Her comment on this delusion is instructive.

  • But you, too, shall be free from this delusion, this world of sense, this law of change.

  • The chief features of this epoch -the Antinomian dissensions, the Quaker and Baptist persecutions, the witchcraft delusion (four witches were executed in Boston, in 1648, 165r, 1656, 1688) &c.-are referred to in the article Massachusetts.

  • The revulsion of feeling after the witchcraft delusion undermined his authority greatly, and Robert's Calef's More Wonders of the Spiritual World (1700) was a personal blow to him as well as to his son.

  • The ignorant populace, for whom the promised social millennium had by no means dawned, saw in an attitude seemingly so inconsistent obvious proof of corrupt motives, and there were plenty of prophets of misrule to encourage the delusion - orators of the clubs and the street corners, for whom the restoration of order would have meant well-deserved obscurity.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEL

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NONION

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