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# delusion

«delusion» in Mova's school dictionary: **A false belief about something, held even though it is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (plural delusions)

### meaning for a pupil

A false belief about something, held even though it is not true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delusion/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a person under a spell may see a delusion that is not real; the word names an idea that is only a dream

### examples

- The lake was a delusion made by the mist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delusion/#x1)
- He lives under the delusion that he can fly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delusion/#x2)
- Was the gold just a fair delusion? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delusion/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [They are vanity, a work of delusion; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.313/)
- [They are vanity, a work of delusion; in the time of their visitation they shall perish,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1395/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «delusion» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delusion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.