"delusion" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/ [UK], /dɪˈl(j)uːzjən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-delusion.wav Forms: delusions [plural]
Rhymes: -uːʒən Etymology: From Latin delusio. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|delusio}} Latin delusio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} delusion (countable and uncountable, plural delusions)
  1. A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind): خِدَاع (ḵidāʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), зман (zman) [masculine] (Belarusian), падма́н (padmán) [masculine] (Belarusian), заблу́да (zablúda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), илю́зия (iljúzija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 騙局 (Chinese Mandarin), 骗局 (piànjú) (Chinese Mandarin), indbildning [common-gender] (Danish), inbeelding [common-gender] (Dutch), harhaanjohtaminen (Finnish), illusion [feminine] (French), délire [masculine] (French), idée délirante [feminine] (French), Täuschung [feminine] (German), Irreführung [feminine] (German), αυταπάτη (aftapáti) [feminine] (Greek), ψευδαίσθηση (psevdaísthisi) [feminine] [psychiatry, medicine, psychology, human-sciences, sciences] (Greek), הטעיה (hat'ayá) [feminine] (Hebrew), bertakhayul (Indonesian), delusi (Indonesian), waham (Indonesian), illusione [feminine] (Italian), pōhēhētanga (Maori), kaihewa (Maori), وسوسه (vesvese) (Ottoman Turkish), złudzenie [neuter] (Polish), omam [masculine] (Polish), ułuda [feminine] (Polish), złuda [feminine] (Polish), przywidzenie [neuter] (Polish), ilusão [feminine] (Portuguese), delusão [feminine] (Portuguese), amăgire [feminine] (Romanian), înșelare [feminine] (Romanian), обма́н (obmán) [masculine] (Russian), введе́ние в заблужде́ние (vvedénije v zabluždénije) [neuter] (Russian), engaño [masculine] (Spanish), ilusión [feminine] (Spanish), delüzyon (Turkish), обма́н (obmán) [masculine] (Ukrainian) Translations (state of being deluded or misled): ضَلَالَة (ḍalāla) [feminine] (Arabic), وَهْم (wahm) [masculine] (Arabic), заблуджэ́нне (zabludžénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), заблуджэ́ньне (zabludžénʹnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), ілю́зія (iljúzija) [feminine] (Belarusian), памы́лка (pamýlka) [feminine] (Belarusian), заблу́да (zablúda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), заблужде́ние (zabluždénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 幻想 (huànxiǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 謬見 (Chinese Mandarin), 谬见 (miùjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), blud [masculine] (Czech), klam [masculine] (Czech), waan [common-gender] (Dutch), waanzin [common-gender] (Dutch), harhaluulo (Finnish), Wahn [masculine] (German), πλάνη (pláni) [feminine] (Greek), αυταπάτη (aftapáti) [feminine] (Greek), אשליה (ashlayá) [feminine] (Hebrew), delusi (Indonesian), illusione [feminine] (Italian), delusio [feminine] (Latin), pōhēhētanga (Maori), omamienie [neuter] (Polish), ilusão [feminine] (Portuguese), delusão [feminine] (Portuguese), заблужде́ние (zabluždénije) [neuter] (Russian), иллю́зия (illjúzija) [feminine] (Russian), оши́бка (ošíbka) [feminine] (Russian), deluzija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zabluda [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), delirio [masculine] [psychology, human-sciences, sciences] (Spanish), traike (Tocharian B), ома́на (omána) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ілю́зія (iljúzija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), по́милка (pómylka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), поми́лка (pomýlka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), hoang tưởng (Vietnamese)
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  3. That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief): غَرُور (ḡarūr) [masculine] (Arabic), 錯誤信念 (Chinese Mandarin), 错误信念 (cuòwù xìnniàn) (Chinese Mandarin), blud [masculine] (Czech), klam [masculine] (Czech), mylná představa (Czech), falešná představa (Czech), přelud [masculine] (Czech), vrangforestilling [common-gender] (Danish), waanidee [neuter] (Dutch), waanvoorstelling [common-gender] (Dutch), waandenkbeeld [neuter] (Dutch), waan [common-gender] (Dutch), hersenschim [common-gender] (Dutch), misvatting [common-gender] (Dutch), harhakuvitelma (Finnish), Täuschung [feminine] (German), Wahnvorstellung [feminine] (German), Wahn [masculine] (German), πλάνη (pláni) [feminine] (Greek), ψευδαίσθηση (psevdaísthisi) (Greek), paranoid (Indonesian), waham (Indonesian), seachrán [masculine] (Irish), 妄想 (mōsō) (Japanese), delusio [feminine] (Latin), pōhēhētanga (Maori), وسوسه (vesvese) (Ottoman Turkish), delírio [masculine] (Portuguese), delusão [feminine] (Portuguese), idea delirante [feminine] (Spanish), delirio [masculine] (Spanish), delusión [feminine] (Spanish), fatamorgana [feminine] (Spanish), vehim (Turkish)
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  4. A fixed, false belief, that will not change, despite evidence to the contrary. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-delusion-en-noun-IurvuFFl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 41 19 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 43 20 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: delusional, delusionary, delusionism, delusionist, delusion of adequacy, delusion of doubles, delusion of grandeur, Fregoli delusion, self-delusion

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          "roman": "aftapáti",
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          "roman": "psevdaísthisi",
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          "sense": "act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind",
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          "code": "id",
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind",
          "word": "waham"
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          "sense": "act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind",
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          "sense": "act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind",
          "word": "pōhēhētanga"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind",
          "word": "kaihewa"
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          "_dis1": "2 53 16 28",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "vesvese",
          "sense": "act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind",
          "word": "وسوسه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 53 16 28",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "złudzenie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 53 16 28",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "omam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 53 16 28",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ułuda"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 53 16 28",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "złuda"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 53 16 28",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "przywidzenie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 53 16 28",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ilusão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 53 16 28",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delusão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 53 16 28",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "amăgire"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 53 16 28",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "înșelare"
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          "sense": "act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "обма́н"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 53 16 28",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vvedénije v zabluždénije",
          "sense": "act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "введе́ние в заблужде́ние"
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          "code": "es",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "engaño"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 53 16 28",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ilusión"
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          "_dis1": "2 53 16 28",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind",
          "word": "delüzyon"
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          "_dis1": "2 53 16 28",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "obmán",
          "sense": "act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "обма́н"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḍalāla",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ضَلَالَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "wahm",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "وَهْم"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zabludžénnje",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "заблуджэ́нне"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zabludžénʹnje",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "заблуджэ́ньне"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "iljúzija",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ілю́зія"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pamýlka",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "памы́лка"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zablúda",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "заблу́да"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zabluždénie",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "заблужде́ние"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huànxiǎng",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "word": "幻想"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "word": "謬見"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "miùjiàn",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "word": "谬见"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "blud"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "klam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "waan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "waanzin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "word": "harhaluulo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Wahn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pláni",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "πλάνη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "aftapáti",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "αυταπάτη"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ashlayá",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "אשליה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "word": "delusi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "illusione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delusio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "word": "pōhēhētanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "omamienie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ilusão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delusão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zabluždénije",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "заблужде́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "illjúzija",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "иллю́зия"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ošíbka",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "оши́бка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "deluzija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zabluda"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "topics": [
            "psychology",
            "human-sciences",
            "sciences"
          ],
          "word": "delirio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "word": "traike"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "omána",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ома́на"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "iljúzija",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ілю́зія"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pómylka",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "по́милка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pomýlka",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "поми́лка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 82 6 11",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
          "word": "hoang tưởng"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "4 41 19 36",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "3 43 20 35",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        {
          "ref": "1960, William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, LCCN 81101072, page 835:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 May 24, Alessandra Stanley, “A Rose-Colored Reality Where Everyone Wins”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "“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 as much for their unlovability as their talent.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḡarūr",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "غَرُور"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "word": "錯誤信念"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cuòwù xìnniàn",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "word": "错误信念"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "blud"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "klam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "word": "mylná představa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "word": "falešná představa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "přelud"
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "vrangforestilling"
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "waanidee"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "waanvoorstelling"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "waandenkbeeld"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "waan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "hersenschim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "misvatting"
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "word": "harhakuvitelma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Täuschung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Wahnvorstellung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Wahn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pláni",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "πλάνη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "psevdaísthisi",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "word": "ψευδαίσθηση"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "word": "paranoid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "word": "waham"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "seachrán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mōsō",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "word": "妄想"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delusio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 76 11",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אשליה"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
      "word": "delusi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "illusione"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delusio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
      "word": "pōhēhētanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "omamienie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ilusão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delusão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zabluždénije",
      "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "заблужде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "illjúzija",
      "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "иллю́зия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ošíbka",
      "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "оши́бка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deluzija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zabluda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "psychology",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "delirio"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
      "word": "traike"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "omána",
      "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ома́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "iljúzija",
      "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ілю́зія"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pómylka",
      "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "по́милка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pomýlka",
      "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поми́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "state of being deluded or misled",
      "word": "hoang tưởng"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡarūr",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "غَرُور"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "word": "錯誤信念"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cuòwù xìnniàn",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "word": "错误信念"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blud"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klam"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "word": "mylná představa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "word": "falešná představa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "přelud"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vrangforestilling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "waanidee"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "waanvoorstelling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "waandenkbeeld"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "waan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hersenschim"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "misvatting"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "word": "harhakuvitelma"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Täuschung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wahnvorstellung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wahn"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pláni",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πλάνη"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "psevdaísthisi",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "word": "ψευδαίσθηση"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "word": "paranoid"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "word": "waham"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seachrán"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mōsō",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "word": "妄想"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delusio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "word": "pōhēhētanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "vesvese",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "word": "وسوسه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delírio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delusão"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idea delirante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delirio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delusión"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fatamorgana"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "that which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief",
      "word": "vehim"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "delusion"
  ],
  "word": "delusion"
}

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