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Synonyms for delusional

Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-loo-zhuh-nl
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈlu ʒə nl

Définition of delusional

Origin :
  • 1871, from delusion + -al (1).
  • adj having unrealistic beliefs
Example sentences :
  • The second kind of insanity is called illusional or delusional.
  • Extract from : « Moral Principles and Medical Practice » by Charles Coppens
  • But the rapt bard was blinded, as his utterances show, by what now almost appears to have been a fit of delusional insanity.
  • Extract from : « The Brothers' War » by John Calvin Reed
  • She's just traded identities—and everything else she does—everything else—stems logically out of her delusional premise.
  • Extract from : « That Sweet Little Old Lady » by Gordon Randall Garrett (AKA Mark Phillips)
  • In this study Freud shows out of what infantile forms of thought and instincts the delusional system was built up.
  • Extract from : « Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology » by C. G. Jung
  • The "melancholic" is evidently Newington's "delusional" without his more accurate discrimination of symptoms.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • These instances by no means exhaust the delusional fancies of the patient.
  • Extract from : « Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology » by C. G. Jung
  • Later we shall have something to say about the delusional systems which appear to be common to the crowd-mind and the paranoiac.
  • Extract from : « The Behavior of Crowds » by Everett Dean Martin
  • He was delusional on religious subjects and thought the attendants were doing wrong.
  • Extract from : « The Autobiography of a Thief » by Hutchins Hapgood
  • Leaving these, let us proceed to the ward set apart for delusional insanity.
  • Extract from : « Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier » by T. L. Pennell
  • But in many cases of delusional insanity the cause is hidden; neither pulse nor other medical test betrays it.
  • Extract from : « Moral Principles and Medical Practice » by Charles Coppens

Antonyms for delusional

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