delusion
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Several exhibited Capgras Delusion, which causes someone to believe that a person close to them has been replaced by an identical-looking imposter.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026
Another member calls the group home the House of Vainglorious Delusion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
"Heavenly Delusion" is a story that splits its time between two drastically different places in its post-apocalyptic world.
From Salon • Dec. 23, 2023
The rise and inevitable fall of the infamous stuffed toy was the subject of Zac Bissonnette’s heavily researched 2015 book “The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2023
Delusion is much stronger than illusion, and implies that Cyril has been misled or deceived—in this case, by himself. alternate/alternative.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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