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DELUSION, med. jurisp. A diseased state of the mind, in which persons
believe things to exist, which exist only, or in the degree they are
conceived of only in their own imaginations, with a persuasion so fixed and
firm, that neither evidence nor argument can convince them to the contrary.
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Overlooking such and other differences also contributes to questionable parallels between a traditional Dutch-Protestant self-righteousness and the Islamic variety--"Mohammed, [the killer of van Gogh] in a very Dutch delusion of grandeur, expanded his youthful enthusiasm for neighborhood politics to encompass the fate of mankind. No doubt, a good part of these feelings are a result of the belief that the USA being a political, cultural and economic giant threatens France's delusion of grandeur. The stern demands of the Christian Coalition smack of feelings of the delusion of grandeur. |
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