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delusion

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of delusion

1 a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality
  • her idea that her new man is a long lost prince is surely just a delusion
Synonyms of delusion

chimera, conceit, daydream, dream, fancy, fantasy (also phantasy), figment, hallucination, illusion, nonentity, phantasm (also fantasm), pipe dream, unreality, vision
Words Related to delusion

ignis fatuus, mirage, will-o'-the-wisp

brainchild, idea

concoction, fable, fabrication, fiction, invention

envisaging, imaging, visualization

cloud-cuckoo-land, cloudland, Shangri-la, utopia

daymare, nightmare
Phrases Synonymous with delusion

castle in Spain, castle in the air
Near Antonyms of delusion

actuality, fact, reality
2 a false idea or belief
  • he appears to suffer from the delusion that he's the best reporter in the business
Synonyms of delusion

error, fallacy, falsehood, falsity, hallucination, illusion, misbelief, misconception, myth, old wivesʼ tale, untruth
Words Related to delusion

factoid

superstition

fiction, pretense (or pretence)

distortion, inaccuracy, misapprehension, miscomprehension, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misperception, misunderstanding

misinformation, misknowledge, misreport, misrepresentation, misstatement

sophism, sophistry

fib, half-truth, lie, story, tale
Antonyms of delusion

truth, verity

Synonym Discussion of delusion

delusion, illusion, hallucination, mirage mean something that is believed to be true or real but that is actually false or unreal. delusion implies an inability to distinguish between what is real and what only seems to be real, often as the result of a disordered state of mind.
    • delusions of persecution
illusion implies a false ascribing of reality based on what one sees or imagines.
    • an illusion of safety
hallucination implies impressions that are the product of disordered senses, as because of mental illness or drugs.
    • suffered from terrifying hallucinations
mirage in its extended sense applies to an illusory vision, dream, hope, or aim.
    • claimed a balanced budget is a mirage

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