Collocations for "delusion"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "delusion" in context.
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delusion
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- is suffering from [severe, grave] delusions
- suffers from self-delusion
- mental [symptoms, disorders] including delusions
- [seems, appears] to be under the delusion that
- is living in his own delusion (that, about)
- is under a paranoid delusion
- has (always had) delusions of [grandeur, security]
- has developed delusions of [grandeur]
- have no delusion about [his feelings, where this is going, our chances]
- it would be a delusion to think (that)
- would be a delusion to [suppose, think, believe] that
- the delusion of being [observed, watched]
- delusions [induced, caused] by drugs
- [fooled, hoodwinked, taken in] by the delusion