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Synonyms of delusion in English:

delusion


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noun

1‘the male delusion that attractive young women are harbouring romantic thoughts about them’

SYNONYMS
misapprehension, mistaken impression, false impression, mistaken belief, misconception, misunderstanding, mistake, error, misinterpretation, misconstruction, misbelief
fallacy, illusion, figment of the imagination, fantasy, chimera
fool's paradise, self-deception

2‘a web of delusion’

SYNONYMS
deception, misleading, deluding, fooling, tricking, trickery, duping