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delusional

[ dih-loo-zhuh-nl ]
/ dɪˈlu ʒə nl /
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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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Origin of delusional

First recorded in 1850–60; delusion + -al1

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