delusional

adjective

Definition of delusionalnext
1
as in illusory

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as in paranoid

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  1. illusory
  2. paranoid
  3. hallucinatory
  4. delusive
  5. neurotic
  6. surreal
  7. schizoid
  8. imaginary
Adjective
  • Perhaps nothing demonstrates the illusory pursuit of the truth like the story of Ikilimu Bilbis, the traveler who arrived in the ancient city of Timbuktu to glimpse the Book of Absolute Truth, a tome that contained the answer to every question in the universe.
    — Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, The Dial, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Instead of an illusory peace, Washington should help Ukraine determine the rules of engagement with Russia, and through these rules, the war could gradually be minimized.
    — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Definition of illusory
Adjective
  • That’s certainly what the Holland trailer feels like, putting Nicole Kidman at the center of a paranoid satire about a seemingly picture-perfect Michigan homemaker whose husband (Matthew Macfadyen) is up to … something.
    — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Or is Julia, as the men in her life keep telling her, just being paranoid?
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of paranoid
Adjective
  • There are private planes and limos and cocaine and fireworks and dancing and morning-after IV drips; Baker charges through these scenes in an almost hallucinatory frenzy, sweeping us along the way that Ani herself has been swept along.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Wander through hallucinatory landscapes in a genre-defying melding of video games, short film, and generative art.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
Definition of hallucinatory
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  • This isn’t callousness or delusive optimism but, rather, a rebellion against the suffocating expectation that the elderly have foreclosed the possibility of joy.
    — Hillary Kelly, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024
  • To separate art from its historical framework is futile, and to reject it in an effort to censor past violence is a delusive act of virtue signaling.
    — WSJ, WSJ, 5 July 2022
Definition of delusive
Adjective
  • That said, it was recently announced that Rick Hoffman will also reprise his Suits role as the neurotic Louis Litt.
    — Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Posey, meanwhile, played the role of a young urban professional who, along with her equally neurotic husband, owns a Weimaraner.
    — Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of neurotic
Adjective
  • Most capture mundane experiences, impressive in their hyperrealistic way, but some are sublime, or surreal, or place you in a morally challenging position.
    — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
  • With stages set up in and around the Old West buildings that dot the grounds, a movie set where Nelson filmed his 1984 Western Red Headed Stranger, the vibe at Luck Reunion is both cinematic and surreal.
    — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of surreal
Adjective
  • The idea of a schizoid Lady M is not entirely without appeal, but despite strong performances across the board, the work runs aground fast.
    — Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
  • The entire movie, of course, was a goof, a schizoid cardboard Vaudeville horror burlesque shot in two days and a night by Roger Corman.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
Definition of schizoid
Adjective
  • Unlike the more familiar real numbers – positive and negative integers, fractions, square roots, cube roots and even numbers such as pi – complex numbers have an imaginary component.
    — William Ross, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Getting put in imaginary handcuffs, a reference to Miami-Dade police’s detainment of the All-Pro receiver outside of Hard Rock Stadium prior to Sunday’s game.
    — C. Isaiah Smalls II, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of imaginary
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