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Recent Examples of delusional
Is Lee Raybon a righteous crusader for truth and justice or a dangerously delusional white savior?
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Judy Berman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
She has been called a bad mom, delusional and desperate for attention.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Sure, the park encompasses a massive 1,300 acres, but comparing this underdeveloped pipedream to the nation’s pre-eminent public parks is delusional.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
But for a few unlucky people, chatbots powered by the technology have become a gaslighting, delusional menace.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Her protagonist, known to have been derived from herself in a few other ways, blunders along and is charming but delusional, unlike Austen’s fiercely independent and witty Elizabeth Bennet.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Either way, Bravo cameras will always reward a delusional queen.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 4 Oct. 2025
So many women who have gotten famous on Bravo did so by being mean, delusional, or mean and delusional, give or take a drinking problem.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Like, our delusional friend Hope is so positive.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2025
Judy Berman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
She has been called a bad mom, delusional and desperate for attention.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Sure, the park encompasses a massive 1,300 acres, but comparing this underdeveloped pipedream to the nation’s pre-eminent public parks is delusional.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
But for a few unlucky people, chatbots powered by the technology have become a gaslighting, delusional menace.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Her protagonist, known to have been derived from herself in a few other ways, blunders along and is charming but delusional, unlike Austen’s fiercely independent and witty Elizabeth Bennet.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Either way, Bravo cameras will always reward a delusional queen.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 4 Oct. 2025
So many women who have gotten famous on Bravo did so by being mean, delusional, or mean and delusional, give or take a drinking problem.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Like, our delusional friend Hope is so positive.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for delusional
Adjective
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Elegant yet illusory, the pearls become armor for a woman determined to turn artifice into art.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
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Man, woman, dog—their illusory life was over.—
Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Its dreamlike visuals are the main event, as scene after scene of this film kaleidoscopically portrays its characters sliding in and out of the real and hallucinatory worlds.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Sam Levinson’s hallucinatory high school drama Euphoria was renewed for a third season back in 2022, though its future remained uncertain for some time.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, Sarah gets increasingly paranoid.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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There’s beauty in that depth, but also a risk of becoming paranoid, withdrawn, or overly cynical.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This isn’t callousness or delusive optimism but, rather, a rebellion against the suffocating expectation that the elderly have foreclosed the possibility of joy.—
Hillary Kelly,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2024
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To separate art from its historical framework is futile, and to reject it in an effort to censor past violence is a delusive act of virtue signaling.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
5 July 2022
Adjective
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The exchange is later revealed to be a schizophrenic episode.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The investigation confirmed a mental health component to the case, suggesting that Ricklefs may have been experiencing a schizophrenic episode, according to the news release.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The video depicts a surreal world where a young man begins seeing the colorful patterns and iconography, like Swedish fish and other candies, that dedicated Candy Crush players will no doubt recognize.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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Combining the optimism of Don Quixote and Candide became the guide for my main character—an absolutely surreal, absurd optimist, who believes that even things way out of his league are possible for him.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Basil, of course, is far from perfect, a rude, neurotic, accident-prone manager who insults guests, hides his gambling winnings from his wife and organizes an elaborate impersonation of her when his surprise anniversary party backfires.—
Rhett Bartlett,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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Vanya is a closeted gay man who shuns intimacy and Sonia is a neurotic spinster who feels unnoticed and unloved.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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One way to represent a complex number like a + ib is as a point on a plane, where a is the position on the x-axis (which can be thought of as the real number line) and b is the position on an imaginary y-axis.—
Daniel Garisto,
Quanta Magazine,
7 Nov. 2025
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For example, the tests measure AI’s ability to fix inconsistencies in customer invoices Excel spreadsheets for an imaginary sales analyst role, or AI’s ability to create a full production schedule for a 60-second video shoot for an imaginary video producer.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Delusional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delusional. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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