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A strongly held false belief or misleading impression.

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delusion

He labored under the delusion that the difficult assignment could be completed without preparation.
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One pursuer's delusion that a brass badge would open every gate persisted even though the story had established that it worked at only one entrance.
From The Clue Is Not the Whole Answer.
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