delusion

I suffer from no delusion that the justice system treats black and white equally.

The Hannity-esque delusion of a post-racial America is ill-informed at best and bigoted at worst.

To his fellow survivors and to the audience, this delusion indicates another slip on a downward spiral.

Like Miller, Wolf suffers from the radical self-delusion that mistakes bonkers political views for uncommonly brave opinion.

Dawkins is an adept cultural fire-conductor; the title of his bestselling book The God Delusion gives a clear indicator why.

It was directed to Mr. Carr, and said as plainly as look could say, "Don't undeceive her; keep up the delusion."

Dining the eminent members of my constituency on horse-meat, under the delusion that what is good for chickens is good for votes.

The horrible phantasy had faded from her mind with the morning light, and she would try and think of it as a mental delusion.

She found this imaginary phenomenon to be soothing rather than otherwise, and resigned herself almost eagerly to the delusion.

The delusion of the red figure with the knife had passed for a moment, and the king's eyes were closed.