delusion

the delusion of being watched.

a ruler driven by delusions of deity.

He is under a delusion in this matter.

delusions that progressed to a form of madness.

He is under the delusion that he is Napoleon.

labored under the delusion that success was at hand.

He’s been suffering from delusions of grandeur ever since he became manager.

Peter Warburton's jeremiad “Debt and Delusion”, for example, was published back in 1999.

The novel fan is always daydreaming and sometimes under the delusion that he becomes Napoleon.

Some of the fear based attack over the news and e-mails has reached the point of delusion and rabidity as it feels its way of life threatened.

The most common type is a persecutory delusion.

It was an innocent delusion which could harm no one.

So who's most vulnerable to this delusion?

But that view is a delusion, as our special report explains.

Marijuana can also cause hallucinations or paranoid delusions.

It's kind of a snare and a delusion to outguess macroeconomic cycles.

Of course, I'm listening. Blah, blah, hopeless Penny delusion, blah, blah, blah.

I'm not going to believe whatever you say. You are having a delusion.

The water represents the mind, the glass represents the delusion, and the poison represents conflict.

This delusion is a kind of prison for us ...