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A delusion is a false belief that someone holds very strongly, even when it clearly isn't true. It's used in everyday talk for someone with an unrealistic idea about themselves or their life — 'he's under the delusion that he'll be famous' — and it's also a more serious word in mental health, describing a fixed false belief that's a symptom of certain conditions.
妄想、幻覺（一般用法）；妄想症（心理健康專有詞）
組成de- (away) + lus (from Latin ludere, to play or trick) + -ion — literally, being tricked.
同家族的字
- illusiondelusion and illusion both come from Latin ludere (to play/trick) — illusion tricks your eyes, delusion tricks your beliefs
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
delusionnoun/dɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/
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An adamant belief in a falsehood despite incontestable evidence.
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The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.
- It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
- Hess, always a muddled man though not so doltish as Rosenberg, flew on his own to Britain under the delusion that he could arrange a peace settlement.
- “Project Greenlight,” however, bore down on the soft underbelly of the movie business, focusing on the delusions and colossal blunders of first-time directors, seemingly selected as much for their unlovability as their talent.
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A strong belief contrary to evidence.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。