delusion

Other forms of delusion

plural

delusions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about delusion

What does delusion mean?

delusion means "(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in delusion?

delusion has 3 syllables: de-lu-sion. The stress falls on "lu". In IPA it is /dɪˈluʒən/.

What is another word for delusion?

Close synonyms include psychotic belief, hallucination, illusion, head game. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is delusion a common word?

delusion is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with delusion?

4 words rhyme with delusion. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.