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Definition of Delusional
1. Adjective. Suffering from or characterized by delusions.
Definition of Delusional
1. a. Of or pertaining to delusions; as, delusional monomania.
Definition of Delusional
1. Adjective. Suffering from or characterized by delusions ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Delusional
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Delusional
1. Of or pertaining to delusions; as, delusional monomania. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Delusional
Literary usage of Delusional
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Unsound Mind and the Law: A Presentation of Forensic Psychiatry by George W. Jacoby (1918)
"In the latter there generally exists a pronounced suggestibility for fresh
delusions, while the delusional structure of the true paranoiac cannot be shaken ..."
2. An Outline of Abnormal Psychology by James Winfred Bridges (1921)
"A. PRESENILE delusional INSANITY. Presenile delusional insanity may be regarded
as a late dementia precox (Bleuler). It is rare, and occurs between 50 and ..."
3. A Compend of the practice of medicine by Daniel E. Hughes (1906)
"delusional mania; delusional melancholia; primary delusional insanity. Definition.—A
mental state, with fixed or partly systematized delusions, ..."
4. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1897)
"Medical jurists have commonly recognized four distinct forms of insanity: Mania,
Primary delusional insanity, (Monomania), Dementia, and Idiocy (Amentia).1 ..."
5. Études sur la Queste del saint graal attribuée à Gautier Map by Albert Pauphilet, Colonel Bell Burr, Ernst Ziegler, Douglas Symmers (1921)
"ALCOHOLIC delusional INSANITY.—A step further in the degenerative process and
there are well-marked delusions. With patients who are married the idea of ..."
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