Delusion

Delusion is a universal phenomenon, and arguably its terminal opposite is omniscience.Eiríksson, 2021. Because of lacking omniscience, humans live their life in partial delusion (it's impossible to be completely deluded, except colloquially; one can speak of excessive delusion in e.g. domestic abuse, since the abuser tends to be deluded about his abuse being justified).Delusion is such a curious phenomenon. You see all these people who have spiritual delusions (which any other are there?)— e.g. the Hell-fearing Jehova's "Witnesses" who raise their children in lives that are Hell (Sex-fearing Jehova's "Witnesses" with children that are sexually long-term abused). Or the vegetarian that is trying to be healthier but is malnourished. The Jesus-obsessed freak who would be the first to throw the stone. The wannabe-"Aryan" who blames Jews for everything bad. The Hitler who wanted to save Germany but who rather-much doomed it. The Leftist liberator who enslaved millions. The wannabe-"Hyperborean" moralist who peddled rumours about his most influential author. [Jan 5, 2018]
== Etymology ==
delusion (n.)
"act of misleading someone, deception, deceit," early 15c., delusioun, from Latin delusionem (nominative delusio) "a deceiving," noun of action from past-participle stem of deludere (see delude). As a form of mental derangement, "false impression or belief of a fixed nature," 1550s.
Technically, delusion is a belief that, though false, has been surrendered to and accepted by the whole mind as a truth; illusion is an impression that, though false, is entertained provisionally on the recommendation of the senses or the imagination, but awaits full acceptance and may not influence action. Delusions of grandeur, the exact phrase, is recorded from 1840, though the two words were in close association for some time before that.Etymonline.com
== Rhizomata ==
* False belief; Delusion; Error; False Consciousness; Self-complacency; Hubris; Miscalculation
* Rationalisation; Denial; Nihilism; Fideism; Self-rejection; Projection
*Mass psychosis; Mass delusion; Mass deception; Multiperson delusion
*Cope; Self-conceit
*Hallucinates in self-interest
== References ==
Category:Mental illness
Category:Psychology