delusion

While getting retested, I momentarily snapped out of my testosterone delusion and asked him whether overly high T might lead to any health problems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Tom gets his travel piece and his tourists, but he also learns that attempting to remain “reasonable” can be its own form of delusion, an indication that you haven’t grasped the gravity of the situation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Astrology was just the vessel that shaped the delusion, not its cause.

From Slate ● May 5, 2026

In his research, social psychologist Luke Nicholls tested five AI models with simulated conversations developed by psychologists, and found Grok was the most likely to lead to delusion.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Instead, they have put forth a defence of insanity, arguing that Clancy had hallucinations and delusions after giving birth to her youngest child.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Her symptoms included hallucinations and delusions that began after the birth of her third child.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Ms. Aviv writes of a psychotic mother with persecutory delusions who thinks her eldest daughter is in league with a scheming professor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

This “Scary Movie” has no delusions of that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

She had to make a great effort not to throw at them their prissiness, their poverty of spirit, their delusions of grandeur.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez