delusionary

de·lu·sion·al

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Definitions of delusionary word

adjective delusionary having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions: Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional. 1
adjective delusionary Psychiatry. maintaining fixed false beliefs even when confronted with facts, usually as a result of mental illness: He was so delusional and paranoid that he thought everybody was conspiring against him. 1
noun delusionary an act or instance of deluding. 1
noun delusionary the state of being deluded. 1
noun delusionary a false belief or opinion: delusions of grandeur. 1
noun delusionary Psychiatry. a fixed false belief that is resistant to reason or confrontation with actual fact: a paranoid delusion. 1

before 1375

One of the 22% oldest English words

1375-1425; late Middle English < Latin dēlūsiōn- (stem of dēlūsiō), equivalent to dēlūs(us) (past participle of dēlūdere; see delude) + -iōn- -ion

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