DELUSIONS Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

delusions

noun

plural of delusion

as in illusions

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

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a false idea or belief he appears to suffer from the delusion that he's the best reporter in the business

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Recent Examples of delusions But a line like that also fleshes out the head-in-the-stratosphere delusions of everyone here. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026 The company has also been sued by the parents of kids who took their own lives, alleging that ChatGPT encouraged suicide and harmful delusions. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026 The Mayo Clinic defines the mental health condition as typically marked by hallucinations, delusions, depression, and mania. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2026 Hill became increasingly paranoid and developed delusions that she was being surveilled. — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026 Treatment is aimed at reducing hallucinations and delusions, as well as improving self-care abilities. — Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2026 People experiencing such devastating delusions deserve humane, quality care. — Meg Leduc, STAT, 23 Sep. 2026 But ChatGPT allegedly did not stop fueling the delusions as Lines’ messages grew darker. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026 Psychosis is a complete break from reality and involves hallucinations and delusions. — Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

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Noun

When the team built a setup to directly quantify real-time heat flux alongside electrical output, the theoretical illusions collapsed.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
The myth goes back 2,000 years and holds that the Parthenon, which sits on the Acropolis overlooking Athens, was intentionally constructed with curves to correct various visual illusions and thus appear straight to the human eye.

— Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of illusions

Noun

The Delphic oracle was not a myth Amid the myths and fiction of ancient Greece, the Delphic oracle was very much a historical fact.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
So immigration stories get softened over time, with trauma turning into adventure and hard facts blurred into entertaining myths.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of myths

Noun

Tellingly, the network seemed to know the difference in its official response, acknowledging that the original piece contained errors.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026
And his stellar defense led the way — 13 outfield assists and no errors in 1,106 innings.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of errors

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The words cut sharply into the jumble of to-do lists, fantasies, snippets of possible writing, worry, and leftover traces of postpartum depression that constituted my mind in the early months of 1993.

— Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
His search gradually shifts from extraterrestrial fantasies toward the invisible outsiders living among us on Earth.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of fantasies

Noun

If the Dodgers win the series, the Milwaukee winter could be cold and long, with fans tortured by visions of Skubal and presumptive Cy Young winner Jacob Misiorowski starting four games in the series.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
After coming into contact with the squid, Wade begins to have visions of the hag, a black-haired, sopping-wet woman in white who comes to him repeatedly.

— Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of visions

Noun

Walking through prewar Berlin, taking in its historic architecture, Susanna daydreams of her native New York, an ever-changing city where buildings are torn down and rebuilt in the blink of an eye.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
And amidst the momentum of reverie, there’s the line ‘Blink at the light and hope to survive,’ because daydreams in a fascist state can be scary too.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 June 2026

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