deluded
adjective
de·lud·ed
di-ˈlü-dəd 
dē-
: deceived by false beliefs
a deluded eccentric
: having or characterized by delusional ideas
deluded thinking
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These are monumental achievements, inconceivable in the past, that will allow the state to navigate the swings and roundabouts a deluded Congress imposes on us.
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Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2025
Unrestrained publishing brought not liberty but the chaos of unchecked insult, misrepresentation, and the multitude’s deluded and ignorant criticisms.
—Fara Dabhoiwala, Harpers Magazine, 4 June 2025
Baker reaches from Virginia’s slaveholding history to the poet Ezra Pound’s deluded post–World War II fascism to the misogynistic trolls of Gamergate in her quest to understand Unite the Right.
—Book Marks
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Hope is often beautiful and deluded, fleeting and fragile and precious, but satisfaction and its opposite are real.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 28 May 2025
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Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2025
Unrestrained publishing brought not liberty but the chaos of unchecked insult, misrepresentation, and the multitude’s deluded and ignorant criticisms.
—Fara Dabhoiwala, Harpers Magazine, 4 June 2025
Baker reaches from Virginia’s slaveholding history to the poet Ezra Pound’s deluded post–World War II fascism to the misogynistic trolls of Gamergate in her quest to understand Unite the Right.
—Book Marks
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Hope is often beautiful and deluded, fleeting and fragile and precious, but satisfaction and its opposite are real.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 28 May 2025
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“Deluded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deluded. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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