English noun: psychotic belief | |||
1. | psychotic belief (state) (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary | ||
Synonyms | delusion | ||
Broader (hypernym) | mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | delusions of grandeur, delusions of persecution, hallucination, nihilism, nihilistic delusion, somatic delusion, zoanthropy | ||
Domain category | psychological science, psychology | ||