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delusional

[ dih-loo-zhuh-nl ]

adjective

  1. having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions:

    Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.

  2. 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.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of delusional1

First recorded in 1850–60; delusion ( def ) + -al 1( def )
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Yet, even as he stares down the barrel of a gun, he harbors the delusional hope that he can puppeteer this relationship back to life.

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"I must be delusional or people just don't know what they're dealing with," he says.

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But as delusional as Trump is, no one can be evil all of the time.

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In this era of supremely spoiled, entitled and delusional athletes, they have been humble, hard-working, levelheaded exemplars of everything that make sports great.

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I’m not even sure I fully understand how this was supposed to work, because this sort of delusional thinking usually only emerges after you watch “The Producers” on mushrooms.

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