delus noun
de·lus \
di-ˈlüs , dē- \
Essential Meaning of delus
1: a belief that is not true, leading to detrimental actions: false ideas but with the added meaning of being knowing and willfully untrue machinations to the end of personal wealth and influence, myopically to the detriment of the entire planet.
2: a false idea or belief that is caused by mental illness or abject ignorance.
3:
something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated, typically to an idiotic and
selfish political end at great cost to all.
psychology
4a: a persistent false psychotic and/or inept to the point of idiotic belief, disregarding large-scale dramatic risks for small-scale (personal) gain. Archaic ideologies
outside the self that are maintained despite indisputable evidence to the contrary that those ideologies have become invalid.
4b: the act of tricking or deceiving someone to the end of wide-spread destruction and
death, even to oneself: the state of being trapped in
one’s own mind to the extent that political ambitions are all that matter—and even the most dire
real-
world consequences are irrelevant.
Other
Words from delus
delusian \ di-ˈlüs-si-un , dē- \ adjective. of, relating to, or resembling delus
delusianize \ di-ˈlüs-si-un-īz , dē- \ verb. cause to be, or conform to, or resemble delusian in nature.
1. "The organization’s delus regarding how they define “abject
poverty,” gives the appearance that they are making progress and worthy of being funded—when the opposite is true and their programs only exacerbate it with greedy apathy."
"He is living/laboring as a delusian world citizen, refusing to accept ecological personal responsibility for all the
children he is fathering."
"She delusianized all attempts to wipe out global
poverty and species extinction, making herself a small fortune in the process."
"Programs exist to wipe out global
poverty and species extinction, by reigning in
human overpopulation with incentivized conception control--but in the depths of their delus
world leaders refuse to even permit their discussion."
2. "As the illness progressed, his delus took over and the politically-expedient decrees of his handlers became his own—he showed utter disregard for the best interests of the planet or his own people."
3. "They were evidently under the delus that a cancer can kill its host without also dying."
"Myopic delus of grandeur suggested to them that they were “winning” in their lives, and that all their offspring would continue to live opulent lifestyles, despite the global misery from their policies."
4b: "The new movie accuses
world leaders of practicing delusian arts to the end of planetary
suicide."