noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ dangerous
▪ paranoid
▪ collective , mass , popular ( esp. AmE )
▪
He dismissed the so-called miracle as a collective ~.
VERB + DELUSION
▪ get , harbour/harbor , have , suffer , suffer from
▪
The psychiatrist said she was suffering from paranoid ~s.
PREPOSITION
▪ under a/the ~
▪
He seemed to be under the ~ that he would make his fortune within a few years.
▪ ~ about
▪
He had no ~s about his feelings for Kate.
▪ ~ of
▪
She had ~s of persecution.
PHRASES
▪ ~s of grandeur (= a belief that you are more important than you actually are)
▪
Don't go getting ~s of grandeur.