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

Meaning of "delusion" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF DELUSION

delusion  [dɪˈluːʒən] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DELUSION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Delusion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DELUSION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Delusion

A delusion is a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary. As a pathology, it is distinct from a belief based on false or incomplete information, confabulation, dogma, illusion, or other effects of perception. Delusions typically occur in the context of neurological or mental illness, although they are not tied to any particular disease and have been found to occur in the context of many pathological states. However, they are of particular diagnostic importance in psychotic disorders including schizophrenia, paraphrenia, manic episodes of bipolar disorder, and psychotic depression.

Definition of delusion in the English dictionary

The definition of delusion in the dictionary is a mistaken or misleading opinion, idea, belief, etc. Other definition of delusion is the act of deluding or state of being deluded.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DELUSION


allusion
əˈluːʒən
collusion
kəˈluːʒən
conclusion
kənˈkluːʒən
disillusion
ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒən
elusion
ɪˈluːʒən
exclusion
ɪkˈskluːʒən
fusion
ˈfjuːʒən
illusion
ɪˈluːʒən
inclusion
ɪnˈkluːʒən
inconclusion
ˌɪnkənˈkluːʒən
interclusion
ˌɪntəˈkluːʒən
malocclusion
ˌmæləˈkluːʒən
nonconclusion
ˌnɒnkənˈkluːʒən
noninclusion
ˌnɒnɪnˈkluːʒən
occlusion
əˈkluːʒən
pollusion
pəˈluːʒən
preclusion
prɪˈkluːʒən
prolusion
prəˈluːʒən
reclusion
rɪˈkluːʒən
seclusion
sɪˈkluːʒən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DELUSION

deltiology
deltoid
deltoideus
delubrum
deludable
delude
deluded
deluder
deluge
delundung
delusional
delusionary
delusionist
delusions of grandeur
delusive
delusively
delusiveness
delusory
delustrant
delustre

WORDS THAT END LIKE DELUSION

blood transfusion
cold fusion
commission
diffusion
effusion
extrusion
in conclusion
infusion
intrusion
optical illusion
perfusion
profusion
protrusion
pultrusion
Rediffusion
refusion
self-delusion
social exclusion
social inclusion
suffusion
transfusion

Synonyms and antonyms of delusion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DELUSION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «delusion» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of delusion

Translation of «delusion» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF DELUSION

Find out the translation of delusion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of delusion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «delusion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

错觉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ilusión
570 millions of speakers

English

delusion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भ्रम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الوهم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заблуждение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ilusão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিভ্রম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

illusion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Khayalan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Irrglaube
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

錯覚
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

착각
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Delusion
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ảo tưởng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திரிபுணர்ச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भ्रम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kuruntu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

illusione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

złudzenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

оману
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

iluzie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυταπάτη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

misleiding
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vanföreställning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vrangforestilling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of delusion

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DELUSION»

The term «delusion» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.270 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
86
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «delusion» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of delusion
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «delusion».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DELUSION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «delusion» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «delusion» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about delusion

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «DELUSION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word delusion.
1
Alexander Alekhine
I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure up some unexpected combination to extricate me from my difficulties.
2
Bodhidharma
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
3
Ludwig Borne
Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.
4
Christian Nestell Bovee
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
5
Claire Cameron
I'll settle for successful during my lifetime because at least I can be conscious of the delusion that it means something.
6
Jimmy Carter
There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation of your own abilities. This is compatible with being rich and powerful, the idea that we were blessed by God because we deserve to be blessed.
7
Kim Cattrall
Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion.
8
Kevin Costner
We still live with this unbelievable threat over our heads of nuclear war. I mean, are we stupid? Do we think that the nuclear threat has gone, that the nuclear destruction of the planet is not imminent? It's a delusion to think it's gone away.
9
Hart Crane
The form of my poem rises out of a past that so overwhelms the present with its worth and vision that I'm at a loss to explain my delusion that there exist any real links between that past and a future worthy of it.
10
Jean-Claude Van Damme
When I was 24, I was full of life. I was that ham who wanted to be famous, a movie star, all that stuff. I think it's cool. But it was not what I was searching for, really. It was more a delusion.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DELUSION»

Discover the use of delusion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to delusion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The God Delusion
He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry, and abuses children, buttressing his points with historical and contemporary evidence. The God Delusion makes a compelling case that belief in God is not just wrong but potentially deadly.
Richard Dawkins, 2008
2
The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions
"The attack on traditional religious thought," writes David Berlinski in The Devil's Delusion, "marks the consolidation in our time of science as the single system of belief in which rational men and women might place their faith, and if ...
David Berlinski, 2009
3
Delusion: Aliens, Cults, Propaganda and the Manipulation of ...
Explains the processes of delusion and provides answers to some of the biggest mysteries, alien abduction and UFOs; ghosts and the paranormal; propaganda and religious mind control. Is mankind ready for the truth?
Philip Gardiner, 2009
4
The Science Delusion
In this book, Dr Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative scientists, shows that science is being constricted by assumptions that have hardened into dogmas.
Rupert Sheldrake, 2012
5
A Grand Delusion: Democracy and Economic Reform in Egypt
This book will shed much light on the dilemma between political and economic reform faced by so many developing countries today.
Eberhard Kienle, 2001
6
Schizophrenia: A Scientific Delusion?
Covering comics from the United States, Europe and Japan, Adult Comics addresses such issues as the graphic novel in context, cultural overspill and the role of women.
Mary Boyle, 2002
7
Delusion
Opening-night jitters are nothing new for seventeen-year-old Phil and her sister Fee, who come from a centuries-old line of stage illusionists.
Laura L. Sullivan, 2013
8
Equality, the Third World, and Economic Delusion
Essays examine barriers to economic growth, the struggle for economic equality, and the economic relations between the Third World and Western countries.
Peter T. Bauer, 1981
9
Delusion
The monster storm "Bernardine" did more than devastate the tiny Gulf Coast community of Belle Ville.
Peter Abrahams, 2009
10
The Cholesterol Delusion
This is patently untrue and can be easily demonstrated by critical analysis of the data presented in the very medical studies that purport to show their benefit.
Ernest N. Curtis, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DELUSION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term delusion is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Greece's Russian fantasy; Russia's European delusion
The striking outcome of this Sunday's Greek referendum is that the collective attitude departed so decisively from common sense. The question ... «Brookings Institution, Jul 15»
2
Kathy Sheridan: Rebellion in the Greek DNA, with some self-delusion
Last Sunday night, I had a flashback to a disco on a Greek island in the early 1980s. A young Greek with a wide smile and three words of ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
3
Meat Wave announce debut album 'Delusion Moon'
Swiftly following on from their 'Brother' EP from earlier this year, Chicago's Meat Wave have announced their debut album. 'Delusion Moon' ... «DIY Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Obama's ISIS strategy blasted as 'delusion'
Delusion is a word that is too accurate,” he charged, in reference to the strategy's refusal to use greater force or to enlist the help of U.S. special ... «WND.com, Jul 15»
5
John McCain: Obama's Islamic State strategy 'classic example of …
"And again, the delusion here that somehow this is just simply something that we can win by having nice programs and have Islamic clerics ... «Washington Examiner, Jul 15»
6
McCain: Obama a Classic Example of 'Delusion'
He continued, “And again, the delusion here that somehow this is just simply something that we can win by having nice programs and have ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
7
China and the delusion of control, redux
China and the delusion of control, redux · David Keohane. Spending some time as AV's Bombay wallah. Noticeably sweatier but not much else ... «FT Alphaville, Jul 15»
8
Will Greece Commit Suicide? Syriza Propaganda and Greek Mass …
Greece is in the grips of mass delusion, madness that could yet result ... example is the mass delusion of tens of thousands of muslims going off ... «The Market Oracle, Jul 15»
9
Miriam Lord: McCreevy part of a bubble - of self-delusion
Charlie McCreevy didn't give evidence to the banking inquiry. Instead, he held forth, at considerable length, about his own brilliance. It was a ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
10
Richard S. Bogartz: Clearing away the delusion of 'race'
Professor Smith calls it “the race delusion.” He rejects the notion that race is a matter of skin color or a fact about our biology or a cultural thing. «Amherst Bulletin, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Delusion [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/delusion>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z