The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind., The state of being deluded or misled., That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
Paranoid schizophrenia is when there is a presence of a delusion, a false belief, and possibly a hallucination that fuels that delusion. Types of delusion include delusional jealousy, erotomanic delusion, persecutory delusion, grandiose, and somatic delusion.
delusionicsEtymologyFrom delusion + -ics.Noundelusionics (uncountable) 1. The study of delusion.
delusion
The adjective is "delusional." The verb to delude has the past participle adjective deluded, which has roughly the same meaning.
It is certainly a delusion; but the propensity of some religious followers to try and extend that delusion shows that it applies to more than just the self. Also MASS delusion.
Dawkins, Richard wrote The God Delusion.
The base word of delusion is delude.
I believe that mental disorder is referred to as schizophrenia.
The ISBN of The Oh My God Delusion is 9781844881758.
The God Delusion was created on 2006-10-02.
Words with the base "mania" meaning madness include megalomania (delusion of grandeur), kleptomania (urge to steal), and pyromania (obsession with fire-setting).
The ISBN of The God Delusion is 0-618-68000-4.