DELUSIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does delusional mean? 

• DELUSIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective DELUSIONAL has 1 sense:

1. suffering from or characterized by delusions

  Familiarity information: DELUSIONAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DELUSIONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suffering from or characterized by delusions

Similar:

neurotic; psychoneurotic (affected with emotional disorder)

Derivation:

delusion (a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea)

delusion ((psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary)

 Context examples 

Psychotic behavior accompanied simultaneously by persecutory or grandiose delusions (paranoia) and hallucinations (schizophrenia); delusional jealousy may be present.

(Paranoid Type Schizophrenia, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

A subtype of delusional disorder applied when no one delusional theme (such as grandiose, jealous, persecutory) predominates.

(Mixed Type Delusional Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A subtype of delusional disorder characterized by the central delusional theme that the individual's spouse or lover is unfaithful.

(Jealous Type Delusional Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A subtype of delusional disorder characterized by the central delusional theme that another person (usually one of higher status) is in love with the individual.

(Erotomanic Type Delusional Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A subtype of delusional disorder characterized by the central delusional theme that the individual is being malevolently treated (for example, maligned, harassed, conspired against, poisoned or drugged) by another person or group.

(Persecutory Type Delusional Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A subtype of delusional disorder characterized by the central delusional theme that the individual has special worth, power, knowledge, or a special relationship to a famous person or deity.

(Grandiose Type Delusional Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)