{"id":2559,"date":"2012-04-29T17:46:16","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T17:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2012\/04\/29\/delusion-act-of-misleading-someone-early-15c\/"},"modified":"2012-04-29T17:46:16","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T17:46:16","slug":"delusion-act-of-misleading-someone-early-15c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2012\/04\/29\/delusion-act-of-misleading-someone-early-15c\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>delusion: &ldquo;act of misleading someone,&rdquo; early 15c.; as a form of mental derangement, 1550s, from L. delusionem (nom. delusio) &ldquo;a deceiving,&rdquo; from pp. stem of deludere (see delude). Technically, delusion is a belief that, though false, has been surrendered to and accepted by the whole mind as a truth; illusion is an impression that, though false, is entertained provisionally on the recommendation of the senses or the imagination, but awaits full acceptance and may not influence action. Delusions of grandeur, the exact phrase, is recorded from 1840, though the two words were in close association for some time before that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='attribution'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etymonline.com\/index.php?term=delusion&amp;allowed_in_frame=0\">Online Etymology Dictionary<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>delusion: &ldquo;act of misleading someone,&rdquo; early 15c.; as a form of mental derangement, 1550s, from L. delusionem (nom. delusio) &ldquo;a deceiving,&rdquo; from pp. stem of deludere (see delude). Technically, delusion is a belief that, though false, has been surrendered to and accepted by the whole mind as a truth; illusion is an impression that, though [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-video_graphics","post_format-post-format-quote"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-Fh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5192,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/10\/the-net-delusion-by-evgeny-morozov\/","url_meta":{"origin":2559,"position":0},"title":"The Net Delusion by Evgeny Morozov","author":"monochromist","date":"March 10, 2011","format":"link","excerpt":"The Net Delusion by Evgeny Morozov","rel":"","context":"In &quot;motion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5289,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2014\/11\/11\/sonified-these-eyes-only-learn-to-perceive-you\/","url_meta":{"origin":2559,"position":1},"title":"sonified","author":"monochromist","date":"November 11, 2014","format":"link","excerpt":"sonified: These eyes only learn to perceive you. 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