OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 18167

delusion

/dɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
delirio • engaño • ilusión
The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.
It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
delirio • delusión • fatamorgana • idea delirante
That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
Hess, always a muddled man though not so doltish as Rosenberg, flew on his own to Britain under the delusion that he could arrange a peace settlement.
“Project Greenlight,” however, bore down on the soft underbelly of the movie business, focusing on the delusions and colossal blunders of first-time directors, seemingly selected a…
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