Words similar to delusions

Example sentences for: delusions

How can you use “delusions” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

But such delusions of grandeur can't be very common.
The best reason to tell a story such as this would be to demonstrate that in the right circumstances, we could be infected by the same delusions and hunt for the same kinds of scapegoats.
Hallucinations and delusions were associated with the highest level of severity and highest level of distress; however, they occurred rarely.
Wittes et al reported a remarkable challenge-rechallenge experiment where a healthy male geologist took both his third and his fourth weekly mefloquine tablet together with half a bottle of whisky, and on both occasions experienced acute paranoid delusions, depression and suicidal ideation; a fellow geologist who shared the same whisky bottle (and who was taking no antimalaria medication) experienced no such effects.
In no other advanced country is the elite so willing to let fine phrases overrule hard thinking, to reject the lessons of experience in favor of delusions of grandeur.