nihilistic delusion

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Noun1.nihilistic delusion - the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal
nihilism
delusion, psychotic belief - (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
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