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Noun Concept
Categories: Delusional disorders, Psychosis, Deception, Belief, Communication of falsehoods
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delusion  psychotic belief  causes of delusions  Dellusion  Dellusionism
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(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary WordNet 3.0
English:
psychiatry
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(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A delusion is a false fixed belief that is not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence. Wikipedia
Belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Firm and fixed belief based on inadequate grounding Wikidata
That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief. Wiktionary
IS A
psychological state
psychopathological symptom
thought disorder
PART OF
fantasy
HAS KIND
delusions of grandeur
delusions of persecution
hallucination
nihilistic delusion
somatic delusion
+13 relations
HAS INSTANCE
Manichean delusion
strawman theory
CATEGORY DOMAIN
psychology
DERIVATION
deceive
delusional
HAS CAUSE
delusional disorder
psychosis
HEALTH SPECIALTY
psychiatry
psychology
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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delusion, psychotic belief
Wikipedia
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delusion
Wikidata
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delusion
Wiktionary
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delusion
Wikipedia Redirections
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causes of delusions, Dellusion, Dellusionism, Deluded, Deluded mind, Deluding, Delulu, Delusion (psychiatry), delusional, Delusionism, delusions, paranoid delusions
Wikidata Alias
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delusional idea, delusions

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