delusion
/dɪˈluːʒ(ə)n/
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American sound/dɪˈluːʒ(ə)n/
dɪˈluːʒən
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dɪ - ˈluːʒən -> delusion
Myanmar meaning
(n) လှည့်စားခြင်း။ လှည့်ဖြားခြင်း။ လှည့်စားခံရခြင်း။ ထင်ယောင်ထင်မှားဖြစ်ခြင်း။ ယုံမှားလွန်ခြင်း (စိတ်ဝေဒနာ)။
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၁။ [U] လှည့်စားခြင်း။ လှည့်ဖြားခြင်း။ လှည့်စားခံရခြင်း။
၂။ [C] ထင်ယောင်ထင်မှားဖြစ်ခြင်း။ ယုံမှားလွန်ခြင်း (စိတ်ဝေဒနာ)။
He is suffering under the dangerous delusion that his policies are actually working. ❍ Her extraordinary lifestyle is inspired by delusions of grandeur (ie a false belief in her own importance). Compare ILLUSION
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illusion, hallucination, vision, mirage, figment of the imagination, fantasy, apparition, image, aberration, blunder, casuistry, chicanery, daydream, deception, deceptiveness, dream, eidolon, error, fallacy, false impression, fancy, figment, fool's paradise, ghost, head trip, ignis fatuus, lapse, misapprehension, misbelief, misconception, mistake, misunderstanding, optical illusion, oversight, phantasm, phantom, pipe dream, self-deception, shade, speciousness, spuriousness, trickery, trip
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