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  2. Delusions of grandeur - Wikipedia

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    Grandiose delusions (GDs), also known as delusions of grandeur or expansive delusions, [1] are a subtype of delusion characterized by the extraordinary belief that one is famous, omnipotent, wealthy, or otherwise very powerful or of a high status. Grandiose delusions often have a religious, science fictional, or supernatural theme

  3. Delusional misidentification syndrome - Wikipedia

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    For example, a person may believe that they are in fact not in the hospital to which they were admitted, but an identical-looking hospital in a different part of the country. [ 8 ] Cotard's syndrome is a rare disorder in which people hold a delusional belief that they are dead (either figuratively or literally), do not exist, are putrefying ...

  4. Delusion - Wikipedia

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    A delusion [a] is a false fixed belief that is not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence. [2] As a pathology, it is distinct from a belief based on false or incomplete information, confabulation, dogma, illusion, hallucination, or some other misleading effects of perception, as individuals with those beliefs are able to change or readjust their beliefs upon reviewing the evidence.

  5. Delusional disorder - Wikipedia

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    Delusions can be bizarre or non-bizarre in content; [7] non-bizarre delusions are fixed false beliefs that involve situations that could occur in real life, such as being harmed or poisoned. [8] Apart from their delusion or delusions, people with delusional disorder may continue to socialize and function in a normal manner and their behavior ...

  6. Martha Mitchell effect - Wikipedia

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    Delusions are "abnormal beliefs" and may be bizarre (considered impossible to be true), or non-bizarre (possible, but considered by the clinician as highly improbable). Beliefs about being poisoned, being followed, marital infidelity or a conspiracy in the workplace are examples of non-bizarre beliefs that may be considered delusions. [ 3 ]

  7. Suspected Trump assassin had ‘delusions of grandeur ... - AOL

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    “He had “delusions of grandeur,” she said. Video shot by the AP showed Routh in Kyiv’s Independence Square in April 2022, two months after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an ...

  8. Ideas and delusions of reference - Wikipedia

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    Ideas of reference and delusions of reference describe the phenomenon of an individual experiencing innocuous events or mere coincidences [1] and believing they have strong personal significance. [2] It is "the notion that everything one perceives in the world relates to one's own destiny", usually in a negative and hostile manner.

  9. Alleged Trump gunman had 'delusions of grandeur' in Ukraine ...

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    “The vibe I got was a delusions of grandeur thing, like a religious zealot," Evelyn Aschenbrenner, an American who served in Ukraine's international legion, said in an interview.