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delusion

US: /dɪˈɫuʒən/

UK: /dɪlˈuːʒən/

English Vietnamese dictionary

delusion /di'lu:ʤn/

danh từ
- sự đánh lừa, sự lừa dối, sự lừa bịp, sự lừa gạt; sự bị lừa; sự bị lừa gạt
- ảo tưởng
  - to be (labour) under a delusion: bị một ảo tưởng ám ảnh
- (y học) ảo giác

Advanced English dictionary

+ noun
1 [C] a false belief or opinion about yourself or your situation: the delusions of the mentally ill + Don't go getting delusions of grandeur (= a belief that you are more important than you actually are). + He was suffering from paranoid delusions and hallucinations. + Love can be nothing but a delusion.
2 [U] the act of believing or making yourself believe sth that is not true: He seems to have retreated into a world of fear and delusion.

Thesaurus dictionary

1 deception, trick, stratagem, artifice, ruse, pretence:

It was a snare and a delusion to represent the painting as genuine.

2 false or mistaken impression, fallacy, illusion, mistake, error, misconception, misbelief, hallucination:

He suffers under the delusion that he is a great pianist.

Collocation dictionary

ADJ.

dangerous | foolish

I thought the whole idea was just a foolish and dangerous delusion.

| paranoid

VERB + DELUSION

get, have, suffer (from)

The psychiatrist said she was suffering from paranoid delusions.

PREP.

under a/the ~

He seemed to be under the delusion that he would make his fortune within a few years.

| ~ about

He had no delusions about his feelings for Kate.

| ~ of

She had delusions of persecution.

PHRASES

delusions of grandeur

(= a belief that you are more important than you actually are)Don't go getting delusions of grandeur.

Concise English dictionary

delusionsdɪ'luːʒn
noun
+(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
+a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
+the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas