[Media-watch] Think Bliar - think delusion: definitions

[Sigi D]

"Non est magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae."
Seneca

delusion (de·lu·sion) (d[schwa]-loo¢zh[schwa]n) [L.
delusio, from de from + ludus a game]  a false belief
that is firmly maintained in spite of incontrovertible
and obvious proof or evidence to the contrary and in
spite of the fact that other members of the culture do
not share the belief.

erotomanic delusion,   a delusional conviction that
some other person, usually of higher status and often
famous, is in love with the individual; it is one of
the subtypes of delusional disorder.

delusion of grandeur,   grandiose delusion,   a
delusion involving an exaggerated concept of one's
importance, power, or knowledge or that one is, or has
a special relationship with, a deity or a famous
person; it is one of the subtypes of delusional
disorder.

All quotes are from: Heath Library at Mercksource
http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library_frame.jspzQzpgzEz/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd_d_07zPzhtm


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