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Word entry · 8 letters

delusion

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"False belief"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/Part of speech nounSorted deilnosuStarts with DEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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"False belief"2 answers
delusion8 lettersmisconception13 letters

Filled answer is this word (DELUSION).

Definitions

  1. the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas

Word origin

From Latin dēlūsiō.

Used in a sentence

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

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