- deceive: be false to; be dishonest with
- (delusion) (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
- (delusion) a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination"
- (delusion) the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
- A delusion is a fixed belief that is either false, fanciful, or derived from deception. In psychiatry, it is defined to be a belief that is pathological (the result of an illness or illness process) and is held despite evidence to the contrary. ...
- (Delusion (1955 film)) Blændværk is a 1955 Danish crime film drama directed by Johan Jacobsen. The film stars Mimi Heinrich.
- (Delusions (album)) Delusions is the second album from UK progressive metal band To-Mera. Its style is similar to their debut Transcendental, with a lot of the same aspects as that album.
- To deceive someone into believing something which is false
- (deluded) Being affected by delusions
- (delusion) A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts; The state of being deluded or misled; That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief
- (Deluded) to believe something that is not true.
- (Delusion) A mental factor that arises from inappropriate attention and functions to make the mind unpeaceful and uncontrolled. There are three main delusions: ignorance, desirous attachment, and anger. From these arise all the other delusions, such as jealousy, pride, and deluded doubt. ...
- A delusion is a false belief that a person has about himself or the world. The key to a delusion is that the person believes it no matter what. Even when someone shows evidence that the belief is not true, this does not change the person’s belief.
- (DELUSION) A false belief that a person maintains in spite of obvious proof or evidence to the contrary.
- (Delusion) Irrational belief that cannot be altered by rational argument. In mental illness it is often a false belief that the person is persecuted by others, or is a victim of physical disease.
- (delusion) usually refers to “ignorance” (see avidya) which in the Buddhist context refers primarily to ignorance concerning the true nature of reality, Buddha nature, or the teachings of the Buddha.
- (DELUSION) A false belief that is resistant to reason or contrary to actual fact. A patient may be convinced, for example, that someone is trying to poison him or her, or that he or she has a fatal illness despite evidence to the contrary.
- (DELUSION) Living within the conceptual mind. Living within the cycle of continuous thought.
- (Delusion (persecutory, grandiose, somatic, etc.)) A false belief based on an incorrect view of reality. There are different types of delusions which are categorized according to the content.
- (Delusion) A false belief that is usually an apperception: reflecting the inner turmoil of the mind of the percipient.
- (Delusion) A fixed belief unrelated to a youth's cultural and educational background, improbable in nature, and not influenced or changed by reason or contrary experience. Categorized as a thought disorder.
- (Delusion) A seriously mistaken belief. Like, seriously. Like my beliefs that my mother and the government had rigged up an entire video system everywhere I went. A pathologically erroneous belief, though the term is used colloquially for non-pathological ideas.
- (Delusion) An abnormal mental state characterized by false beliefs that persist despite the facts. People with Alzheimer's may experience delusions that cause them to feel suspicious or paranoid.
- (Delusion) Defense system of denial, rationalization, and projection that keeps one from seeing reality. It is experienced by the chemically dependent person and his /her family. Confrontation is necessary to break through the defensive system before delusion is recognized and recovery can begin.
- (Delusion) False beliefs associated with various mental illnesses.