Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who causes or is a subject of delusion; a deluding or deluded person.
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Examples
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And like someone else said above, when have you EVER been accused of being too conservative, what kind of delusionist would ever state that?
unknown title 2009
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Some people throw around the term "delusionist" in what could result in most likely as a
catallaxyfiles 2009
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And like someone else said above, when have you EVER been accused of being too conservative, what kind of delusionist would ever state that?
unknown title 2009
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But delusionist thinking coupled with gotcha analysis is powerful stuff.
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For this extraordinary delusionist, I recommend extraordinary rendition.
Cheney Takes On Torture, The Flaws Of The Iraqi People, And The Deaths In Iraq 2009
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It was constructed by a chancellor who is either a psychopathic self-delusionist or an ecstasy addict.
Telegraph: pre-Budget report is a 232-page charge sheet IanPJ 2008
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It was constructed by a chancellor who is either a psychopathic self-delusionist or an ecstasy addict.
Archive 2008-11-01 Patrick Vessey 2008
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At conferences and in chats with his top clients, Grubman bashed the AT&T CEO as an "empty suit," a "delusionist," or a "f------ fraud."
OUT OF SCHOOL 2007
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There is not enough space in the fema detention camps to lock up all those deluded water carriers for the greatest ‘delusionist of grandeur’ ever.
Think Progress » Hadley Ducks Question Over Whether Rumsfeld Suggestion Is ‘Cutting And Running’ 2006
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Self am pre-Falstaffian anti-delusionist, to whom all human honour rooted in a mess of profiteering stands.
Jimgrim Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1931
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