DELUSIONAL DISORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does delusional disorder mean? 

• DELUSIONAL DISORDER (noun)
  The noun DELUSIONAL DISORDER has 1 sense:

1. any mental disorder in which delusions play a significant role

  Familiarity information: DELUSIONAL DISORDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DELUSIONAL DISORDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any mental disorder in which delusions play a significant role

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("delusional disorder" is a kind of...):

disturbance; folie; mental disorder; mental disturbance; psychological disorder ((psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness)

 Context examples 

A subtype of delusional disorder applied when no one delusional theme (such as grandiose, jealous, persecutory) predominates.

(Mixed Type Delusional Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A subtype of delusional disorder characterized by the central delusional theme that another person (usually one of higher status) is in love with the individual.

(Erotomanic Type Delusional Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A subtype of delusional disorder characterized by the central delusional theme that the individual's spouse or lover is unfaithful.

(Jealous Type Delusional Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A subtype of delusional disorder characterized by the central delusional theme that the individual is being malevolently treated (for example, maligned, harassed, conspired against, poisoned or drugged) by another person or group.

(Persecutory Type Delusional Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A subtype of delusional disorder characterized by the central delusional theme that the individual has special worth, power, knowledge, or a special relationship to a famous person or deity.

(Grandiose Type Delusional Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)