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Another word for delusion

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Noun

  1. An erroneous perception of reality

    See also:

    real

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Another word for delusion

Noun

  1. An illusion

    See also:

    illusion

  2. A false belief

    See also:

    illusion

    mistake

    error

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Sentence Examples

  • Her comment on this delusion is instructive.

  • The witchcraft delusion of 1692 centred about Salem Village, now in the township of Danvers, but then a part of Salem.

  • the delusion that nature as represented in the classical pictures (bunjingwa) of China and Japan exists only in the artists imagination.

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

  • You are under a delusion, said Prince Vasili, as he entered.

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