delusional belief

collocation in English

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delusional
adjective
uk
/dɪˈluː.ʒən.əl/us
/dɪˈluː.ʒən.əl/
believing things that are ...
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belief
noun[C or S or U]
uk
/bɪˈliːf/us
/bɪˈliːf/
the feeling of being certain that something exists or ...
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(Definition ofdelusionalandbelieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Future work may aim to see if alteration or amelioration of perceptual input in ' perceptual ' delusions can attenuate thedelusionalbelief.
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In delusional parasitosis, patients hold adelusionalbeliefthat they are infested with parasites.
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The parasitic delusions consist of a singledelusionalbeliefregarding some aspect of health.
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The two-factor theory ofdelusionalbeliefexplains why monothematic delusions occur.
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A person with thisdelusionalbeliefis found to be convinced of their beliefs and unwilling to accept such diagnosis.
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The patient loses the ability to use logic to reject thedelusionalbeliefthat the mirrored reflection is another person.
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Fregoli syndrome is thedelusionalbeliefthat different people are in fact a single person who is in disguise.
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This form ofdelusionalbeliefis most often reported in patients suffering from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
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Likewise, a story must be somewhat realistic or familiar to please the imagination, and an overactive imagination can result indelusionalbelief.
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It usually begins with one person who conceives of adelusionalbeliefand then spreads it to another; thus, those two share the same delusion.
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