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Recent Examples of delusional
Joined by Owen Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Zach Braff, six comedy kingpins dig deep on delusional auditions, nagging insecurities and bizarre fan interactions.
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Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
For my follow-on analysis of details about the OpenAI lawsuit and how AI can foster delusional thinking in humans, see my analysis at the link here.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
Chatbots have also been found to nurture delusional beliefs and even lead to self-harm.
—Ziv Epstein, Fortune, 16 May 2026
Chatbots have also been found to nurture delusional beliefs and even lead to self-harm.
—Vana Goblot, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
And to be fair to Rivers, many people wondered aloud if Green was being unreasonable, incorrect, delusional or all of the above.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 7 May 2026
The antipsychotic drug chlorpromazine, derived from a clothing dye called methylene blue, was first tested on agitated and delusional patients in 1952.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Viewers flooded the post with reactions ranging from heart-melting to hilariously delusional, with declarations of wanting to cuddle the bear and questions about the sheer size of his bathtub filling the comment section.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026
Among the many obsessive bloggers and observers who cover the industry, the idea was mostly treated as so improbable, even delusional, as to be not even worth taking seriously.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
For my follow-on analysis of details about the OpenAI lawsuit and how AI can foster delusional thinking in humans, see my analysis at the link here.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
Chatbots have also been found to nurture delusional beliefs and even lead to self-harm.
—Ziv Epstein, Fortune, 16 May 2026
Chatbots have also been found to nurture delusional beliefs and even lead to self-harm.
—Vana Goblot, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
And to be fair to Rivers, many people wondered aloud if Green was being unreasonable, incorrect, delusional or all of the above.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 7 May 2026
The antipsychotic drug chlorpromazine, derived from a clothing dye called methylene blue, was first tested on agitated and delusional patients in 1952.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Viewers flooded the post with reactions ranging from heart-melting to hilariously delusional, with declarations of wanting to cuddle the bear and questions about the sheer size of his bathtub filling the comment section.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026
Among the many obsessive bloggers and observers who cover the industry, the idea was mostly treated as so improbable, even delusional, as to be not even worth taking seriously.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for delusional
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But the lower pump price is illusory, a mirage created by the RFS’s Rube Goldberg-like system of mandates and subsides which socialize the higher refining costs across all gasoline types.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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The idea that transparency offers a route to closure is already proving illusory.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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This transformation could signify a hallucinatory experience rather than a physical transmutation, indicating a tradition of pharmacological knowledge.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
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Experts say the directive could expedite studies on how psychedelic and hallucinatory drugs such as MDMA, psilocybin, LSD and ibogaine may be useful in medicine.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
20 Apr. 2026
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What follows is the type of taut paranoid thriller that defined many a ’70s classic, as Turner traces the threads of a complex web of intrigue.—
Paul Fitzgerald,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2026
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Instead, Putin spends more time in underground bunkers micromanaging his war, paranoid about a coup or an assassination attempt by Ukrainian drones, sources told the Financial Times.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
9 May 2026
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This isn’t callousness or delusive optimism but, rather, a rebellion against the suffocating expectation that the elderly have foreclosed the possibility of joy.—
Hillary Kelly,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2024
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To separate art from its historical framework is futile, and to reject it in an effort to censor past violence is a delusive act of virtue signaling.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
5 July 2022
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Americans call the sport soccer, the rest of the world calls it football, and therein lies the rub, the disconnection at the heart of the schizophrenic All-American life of Gilbert Chevalier.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Senior Deputy District Attorney Jeff Moore acknowledged that Fahim was schizophrenic, but argued that the killings were driven by Fahim’s anger at his workplace dispute with Cuomo, not his mental illness.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
14 Apr. 2026
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Eva Longoria took the subtle bow shoe trend at Cannes into Jacquemus’ surreal sculptural language on Tuesday, stepping out at Hotel Martinez during the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival in the label’s black High Cubisto slingbacks.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
19 May 2026
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And so my surreal day-to-day, a regular life broken up by suspensions of my rights, stopped mattering.—
Abraham Jiménez Enoa,
The Dial,
19 May 2026
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Lear would provide comment through this portrait of a neurotic, frayed woman and the people who surround her.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Yenor’s suggestion that feminism—with its attendant horrors of work outside the home, birth control, and financial independence—has made women neurotic and dependent on pharmaceuticals is now an article of faith on the right.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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Gaiman works like The Sandman and American Gods have served as inviting gateways to imaginary worlds for multiple generations of readers and viewers.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
13 May 2026
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By that time Dame Frances had established the idea of theaters of memory—imaginary architectural structures, replete with columns and alcoves and windows, where items can be placed for later recollection.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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“Delusional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delusional. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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