Delusion
* are a common symptom of sever forms of mental illnesses such as schizophrenia
  - reported side effect of Paxil
  - serious error in thinking, but true beliefs have a high truth-value
  - about the person s own experience, reflecting culture and the times
  - common among individuals with schizophrenia
  - commonplace within the sphere of medicine too
  - dangerous because of the way in which they exist outside reality
  - false beliefs or misperceptions of the world
* are false beliefs that are irrational and resist refutation
  - have no basis in reality
  - significantly hinder a person's ability to function
  - usually involve a misinterpretation of perceptions or experiences
  - firmly held beliefs that persist despite strong evidence to the contrary
  - resistant to reason
* are thoughts - fixed false beliefs
  - about unreal situations
  - typically persecutory or grandiose, or both
  - unshakeable beliefs which are obviously untrue
* arises from anger.
* cause for the origination of actions.
* covers everything from daydreaming through actual hallucinations.
* involve faulty thinking, and hallucinations involve faulty perceptions
  - imagining that someone wants to harm the person or are very complex
* is an advanced stage of illusion
  - deception
  - ignorance
  - misconception
  - symptoms
* is the blight of mankind
  - nature of ordinary beings
  - root cause of many problems in life
* occur in most people with schizophrenia.
* often persists despite being presented with logic.
* stock in trade for the occult arts.
+ Schizophrenia, Diagnosis: Mental illnesses :: Psychosis
  * However, thought disorder, disorganized behavior, or lack of emotional response are not present. Delusions involve imagining that someone wants to harm the person or are very complex.

Deep relaxation
* can help relieve pain.
* includes meditation, progressive muscle relaxation, imagery, and yoga.
* skill which can be developed and strengthened.
* works as an antidote to stress.

Despotism
* comes on mankind in different shapes.
* is barbaric and abnormal
  - control
  - the only practical ideal of anarchy

Drunk
* are capable of drinks
  - drinkers
* are located in bars
  - bridges
  - concerts
  - gutters
  - jails
  - parks
* become sober and productive people.

Disinflation
* can create a dilemma for policy makers, since it means increased unemployment.
* decline in the rate of increase in average prices.
* decrease in the rate of inflation.
* occurs when the rate of inflation slows down.
* physical process
* refers to falling inflation.
* slowing of the rate of inflation.

Deliverance
* is about savlation and the desire for the truth and light
  - also a way to restore personal walls that have been broken down by sin and rebellion
  - films
  - of the soul
  - recovery
* process similar to formal exorcism.
* release from bondage, imprisonment and captivity.
* represents a desire to energize the boring life of suburbia.

Decimation
* is an active process with measurable results
  - destruction
* is the elimination of data points from a data set
  - process of breaking down something into it's constituent parts

Driving
*  lighting pipes.
*  night blindness.
*  parallel parking.
*  smoking cigarettes.
* are actions
  - dragoonings
  - fun
  - steering
  - travel
* cause accidents
  - boredom
  - death
  - fatigue
  - injuries
  - movings
  - tension headaches
* cause traffic accidents
  - jam
  - transportation
  - tunnel vision

Dioon
* Most Dioons are from Mexico where they live in dry conditions, though a few are more tropical.
* stems are moderate to large and accordingly, the cones are held well above the ground.

Deism
* denies revelation, in favor of natural law and scientific discovery.
* emphasizes, as civil religion does, order and law more than salvation and love.
* is confined to the elite
  - rationalism
* still exists.

Dunk
* brand designed from the outset to be different.
* is shot