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delusion
delusion A delusion is a false belief, or a perception shaped by a false belief, that tends to persist and may be supported by elaborate reasoning.
A delusion is a false belief, or a perception shaped by a false belief, that tends to persist and may be supported by elaborate reasoning. In older psychopathology, it is distinguished from illusion and hallucination because it centers on a fixed false belief that the person cannot recognize as false.