English Dictionary

delusion

IPA（発音記号）

/dɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts. / The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.

日本語の意味

実際の事実に逆らい訂正されにくい誤った信念 / 誤信状態、または誰かを誤解させるという状態や過程

His delusion that the company could survive without adapting led to disastrous decisions.

会社が適応しなくても生き残れるという彼の妄想が破滅的な判断を招いた。

意味（1）

A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.

意味（2）

The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

意味（3）

That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.

Hess, always a muddled man though not so doltish as Rosenberg, flew on his own to Britain under the delusion that he could arrange a peace settlement.

意味（4）

A fixed, false belief, that will not change, despite evidence to the contrary.

delusions （ plural ）