delusional

[ dih-loo-zhuh-nl ]

/ dɪˈlu ʒə nl /

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Definition of delusional

adjective

having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions: Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.

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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How to use delusional in a sentence

These people are clearly delusional, or think they’re invincible.
Delusional Insurrectionists Just Won’t Stop|Shani Parrish|March 5, 2021|Essence.com
When you hear that someone is delusional, you might think they’re schizophrenic or psychotic.
‘Gory Details’ dives into the morbid, the taboo — and our minds|Kate Travis|March 1, 2021|Science News
Today both the Senate and House will vote multiple times to reject your delusional conspiracy theories and affirm the certified Electoral College results.
Congress members under siege in Capitol tweet their shock and frustration|Danielle Abril|January 6, 2021|Fortune
If someone told you in March, when the World Health Organization finally called the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic, that we’d have three strong coronavirus vaccine candidates by mid-November, you might have called that person delusional.
Why the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine is different|Umair Irfan|November 23, 2020|Vox

It doesn’t necessarily mean that those who score very high in the Light Triad are delusional.
Are You Yoda or Darth Vader? - Issue 89: The Dark Side|Brian Gallagher|August 26, 2020|Nautilus
At one point they even told her she was delusional, despite her diffuse ulcerating lesions.
Why Your Doctor Feels Like a 'Beaten Dog'|Daniela Drake|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I suppose you can if you were dumb and delusional enough to think that the Emmy voters might liven things up a little bit.
The Biggest Emmys Snubs and Surprises: 'Modern Family,' McConaughey, and More|Kevin Fallon|August 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He became acutely delusional and committed suicide after attacking his father.
We're Talking About Depression All Wrong|Jean Kim|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But according expert opinion and the case details released to the public, she was also floridly psychotic and delusional.
Postpartum Stigma: Why My Patient Committed Suicide|Jean Kim|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Burke insists that he is not nostalgic and he is not delusional.
James Lee Burke Talks About His Fiction, History, and the American Dream|David Masciotra|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Paranoia, as it is called, mild delusional insanity, may assert itself and then may persist for the rest of life.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
Later we shall have something to say about the delusional systems which appear to be common to the crowd-mind and the paranoiac.
The Behavior of Crowds|Everett Dean Martin
May, 1907:—Still delusional, hypochondriacal; paralysis very much improved.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry|Bernard Glueck
On his transfer to our Hospital he readily carries over his delusional ideas to the officials here.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry|Bernard Glueck
He adhered very tenaciously to his delusional system and believed himself fully justified in all his litigious pursuits.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry|Bernard Glueck

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