delusion

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

The delusion of linear progress in history ran deep.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

"Any delusion of full decoupling isn't realistic on any near-term horizon", she told AFP.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

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

From Slate ● May 5, 2026

Among the most progressive alienists, this kind of unfounded belief was known as a delusion, associated with a newly identified disorder called paranoia.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Oppenheim said as the process rolled out it began to feel like "the only way, maybe, to actually make this is also to have someone kind of confront, you know, their delusions on certain aspects."

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

Postpartum psychosis is characterized by losing touch with reality, including having delusions, hallucinations or paranoia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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

“You deserve a good name. I hate to see some lordling with delusions of wit saddle you with some terrible name like Midnight or Sooty or Scut.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss