Definitions for delusion

delusion de·lu·sion

Spelling: [dih-loo-zhuh n]
IPA: /dɪˈlu ʒən/

Delusion is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 393 anagrams from letters in delusion (deilnosu).

Definitions for delusion

noun

  1. an act or instance of deluding.
  2. the state of being deluded.
  3. a false belief or opinion:
  4. Psychiatry. a fixed false belief that is resistant to reason or confrontation with actual fact:

Origin of delusion

1375-1425; late Middle English Latin dēlūsiōn- (stem of dēlūsiō), equivalent to dēlūs(us) (past participle of dēlūdere; see delude) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for delusion

I suffer from no delusion that the justice system treats black and white equally.

There was, indeed, a resemblance in their size and persons, which favoured the delusion.

I hold Nature for Master in such matters, and the fancy of men for delusion.

The delusion has now vanished, and made room for sober reason and reflection.

To his fellow survivors and to the audience, this delusion indicates another slip on a downward spiral.

The Hannity-esque delusion of a post-racial America is ill-informed at best and bigoted at worst.

"You appear to be laboring under some sort of delusion," he replied.

You are no delusion—no mirage, but Rima, like no other being on earth.

This is the sort of delusion that sets in when a despot confuses himself with the state after too long in power.

And like Jodorowsky, Kubrick also had the delusion that some Hollywood studio would back his vision.

Word Value for delusion
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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