transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪlu:ʒ(ə)n ]
( delusions)
1.
A delusion is a false idea.
I was under the delusion that he intended to marry me.
N-COUNT : usu with supp
2.
Delusion is the state of believing things that are not true.
This was not optimism, it was delusion.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If someone has delusions of grandeur , they think and behave as if they are much more important or powerful than they really are.
PHRASE [ disapproval ]