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What is another word for delusion?

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Noun
A desire, idea, or plan that is unlikely to ever be realized
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“Giorgio's theories about ancient aliens building the pyramids must surely be just a delusion.”
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An idiosyncratic belief or impression maintained despite being contradicted by reality or rational argument
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“He suffered from a delusion that his vehicle was under the remote electrical control of his employer from its head office so that he could neither control its speed nor stop it.”
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The action of deluding or the state of being deluded
“But on a closer examination, this attempted delusion was detected.”
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The action of pretending or imagining that things are better than they really are
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An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or is going to do something
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The state of having a serious mental illness
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An act or instance of deception
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A compulsive or irrational preoccupation
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An act of escaping from routine or reality into fantasy, or an inclination to do so
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An experience of seeing someone or something in a dream or trance, or as a supernatural apparition
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An opinion formed before obtaining adequate evidence, especially as the result of bias or prejudice
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Imaginative but unworkable idea
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Extreme and irrational distrust of others
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The act or quality of being tempting, or of having the power to tempt
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