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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as in myths

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 The case has rightly focused attention on how chatbots apparently reinforce delusions and foster emotional dependency. —

Marc Augustin, STAT, 16 Apr. 2026 Lying in this crypt is Nathan Lane’s Willy Loman, a tragic humbug, his delusions contradicted by the ruins around him. —

Hilton Als, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026 If Miller made Willy the embodiment of self-delusion, and Biff the defiant, angry forsaking of those delusions, Linda is compassion as byproduct of insight. —

Greg Evans, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026 His church becomes a vital part of Homelander’s plan, just as Homelander’s delusions of divinity soon become everyone’s plague. —

Ben Travers, IndieWire, 8 Apr. 2026 The rapid explosion of tools like Gemini and ChatGPT have led to some users forming obsessive relationships with AI bots, allegedly contributing to delusions and, in extreme cases, murder-suicides. —

Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026 No more climate change worship, no more division, distraction, or gender delusions. —

Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026 People with the disorder usually experience a combination of psychotic symptoms, including hallucinations, delusions, and disorderly behavior. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026 The other path is pressing on in your delusions, hoping you will eventually be vindicated. —

Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026

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There’s now no mainstream because there are now fewer illusions, both regarding the public and regarding what goes on behind the scenes; the transparency and the resulting scrutiny that extend to the economics and social life of movies extend to the art of cinema as well.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Instead, Angine de Poitrine are more like Meshuggah or Dawn of Midi, establishing a meter and then creating rhythmic illusions using creative bursts of syncopation.

— Christopher R. Weingarten, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2026