delusion
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delusion (plural delusions)
- A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
- The state of being deluded or misled.
- That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
Part or all of this page has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind
state of being deluded or misled
that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief
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- delusion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
