NIHILISTIC DELUSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nihilistic delusion mean? 

• NIHILISTIC DELUSION (noun)
  The noun NIHILISTIC DELUSION has 1 sense:

1. the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal

  Familiarity information: NIHILISTIC DELUSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIHILISTIC DELUSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

nihilism; nihilistic delusion

Hypernyms ("nihilistic delusion" is a kind of...):

delusion; psychotic belief ((psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary)