Thursday, October 9, 2014

DELUSION

WORD: DELUSION

MEANING:
1.
a. The act or process of deluding.
b. The state of being deluded.
2. A false belief or opinion: labored under the delusion that success was at hand.
3. Psychiatry A false belief strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence, especially as a symptom of mental illness: delusions of persecution.
4. misunderstanding, misconception, misbelief

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Ratan Tata may be suffering from delusion: West Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra
2. Modi says Indian Muslims won't join al Qaeda, calls terror group's threat delusional

PRONOUNCE:
de·lu·sion - डिलूश़न

LINK: DELUSION

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