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DELUSIONS OF PERSECUTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A delusion (common in paranoia) that others are out to get you and frustrate and embarrass you or inflict suffering on you; a complicated conspiracy is frequently imagined
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("delusions of persecution" is a kind of...):
delusion; psychotic belief ((psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary)
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