PARANOID DELUSION

By
N., Pam M.S.
-

loosely, any of a wide array of untrue private beliefs tenaciously kept even in the presence of incontrovertible proof to the contrary.

PARANOID DELUSION: "Jennifer has been suffering from paranoid delusions all weekend."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. ANCCDOTAL EVIDENCE
  2. CONFIRMATION BIAS
  3. OBJECTIVISM
  4. TONAL SCALE
  5. BELIEF PERSEVERANCE
  6. TONAL GAP
  7. ZONE OF POTENTIALITY
  8. ZONE OF OPTIMAL FUNCTIONING (ZOF)
  9. LICENSE
  10. TRAIT
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "PARANOID DELUSION," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/paranoid-delusion/ (accessed November 13, 2019).
SHARE