deluded
adjective
de·lud·ed
di-ˈlü-dəd 
dē-
: deceived by false beliefs
a deluded eccentric
: having or characterized by delusional ideas
deluded thinking
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After all, what really happens across its hundreds of pages except that a deluded old man endures an endless series of physical punishments and nasty pranks?
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Sam Sacks, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2023
Heatherwick distributes bits of blame to clients, critics, schools, and other deluded gatekeepers.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2023
The real fun, however — and there is much of it — lies in simply watching Gad and Rannells run riot, riff with each other, play with the audience, and just have a grand old time once again playing sweet, deluded dreamers.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 12 Oct. 2023
Although anyone who considers Bono profound is laughably deluded — Bono simply parrots the liberal cant that leftists hold as proof of their moral superiority.
—Armond White, National Review, 20 Sep. 2023
Goldsborough recounts how a small band of deluded U.S. adventurers, many of whom had seen action in the expansionary Mexican-American War and Indian Wars, sought to annex Cuba as a slave state to the pre–Civil War Union.
—James Oliver Goldsborough, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
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However, the U.S. is probably not so deluded to think that the Kentucky’s visit will greatly affect North Korea’s resolve, as countless other warnings and shows of force over decades have failed to do so.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2023
That is, the more deluded the stalker, the more protected the stalking.
—John Fritze, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
Putin is frequently described as mercurial, deluded, and irrational—someone who cannot be bargained with on the basis of national or political self-interest.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 3 May 2023
Sam Sacks, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2023
Heatherwick distributes bits of blame to clients, critics, schools, and other deluded gatekeepers.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2023
The real fun, however — and there is much of it — lies in simply watching Gad and Rannells run riot, riff with each other, play with the audience, and just have a grand old time once again playing sweet, deluded dreamers.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 12 Oct. 2023
Although anyone who considers Bono profound is laughably deluded — Bono simply parrots the liberal cant that leftists hold as proof of their moral superiority.
—Armond White, National Review, 20 Sep. 2023
Goldsborough recounts how a small band of deluded U.S. adventurers, many of whom had seen action in the expansionary Mexican-American War and Indian Wars, sought to annex Cuba as a slave state to the pre–Civil War Union.
—James Oliver Goldsborough, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
Related Story Why South Korea Won’t Build Any Nuclear Weapons
However, the U.S. is probably not so deluded to think that the Kentucky’s visit will greatly affect North Korea’s resolve, as countless other warnings and shows of force over decades have failed to do so.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2023
That is, the more deluded the stalker, the more protected the stalking.
—John Fritze, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
Putin is frequently described as mercurial, deluded, and irrational—someone who cannot be bargained with on the basis of national or political self-interest.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 3 May 2023
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