English-French translations for delusion

• illusion
  La démocratie au niveau européen est une escroquerie, une illusion. Democracy at European level is a fraud and a delusion.
  Illusion ou déformation consciente? Delusion or conscious distortion?
  Nous ne nous faisons pas ce genre d'illusions. We do not harbour any such delusions.
• délire
• délusion
• fantasme

Definition of delusion

• A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts
• That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief

Examples

• It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring

Related words

• delusional
• self-delusion
• delusion of persecution
• delusion of grandeur
• delusion of reference
• delusional disorder
• delusions of grandeur
• persecutory delusion
• labour under a delusion