See Also: Delusion(medicine)
delusion(dictionary)
Delusion(health)
delusion(dictionary)
delusion of passivity(medicine)
delusion of control(medicine)
Somatic delusion(health)
Persecutory delusion(health)
Nihilistic delusion(health)
Grandiose delusion(health)

delusion (iou)



delusion noun. LME.
[Late Latin delusio(n-), from delus- pa. ppl stem of deludere: see DELUDE, -ION.]
The action of deluding or of being deluded; the state of being deluded. LME.
Sir T. More Thinges..done by the deuill for our delusion.
A false impression or opinion, esp. as a symptom of mental illness. M16.
delusions of grandeur an exaggerated estimation of one's own status or personality; megalomania.
C. Geikie The poor fellow was only labouring under a delusion. R. D. Laing A common paranoid delusion is that there is a plot directed against the self.
delusional adjective of the nature of or characterized by delusion L19.