delusion
US: /dɪˈɫuʒən/
UK: /dɪlˈuːʒən/
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
n.
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
