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A false belief maintained despite contrary evidence, especially in a clinical context.
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- persecutory delusion
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The clinician assessed the persecutory delusion.
He clung to the delusion despite the records.
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Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular delusion; plural delusions. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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