Definition of Delusion

Deluge

DELUSION noun

	The father of a most respectable family, comprising Enthusiasm, Affection, Self-denial, Faith, Hope, Charity and many other goodly sons and daughters. All hail, Delusion! Were it not for thee The world turned topsy-turvy we should see; For Vice, respectable with cleanly fancies, Would fly abandoned Virtue's gross advances. Mumfrey Mappel

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Dentist

Regular definition:

DELUSION:
d??lu:??n n. 1 a false belief or impression. 2 Psychol. this as a symptom or form of mental disorder. ødelusions of grandeur a false idea of oneself as being important, noble, famous, etc. øødelusional adj. [ME f. LL delusio (as DELUDE)]

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