nihilistic delusion


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Related to nihilistic delusion: delusion of poverty, delusion of negation, Cotard Syndrome
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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
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delusion, psychotic belief - (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
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A nihilistic delusion of the nonexistence or dissolution of a body part; in extreme form, the delusion of being dead or nonexistent.
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Cotard's syndrome is characterized by the appearance of nihilistic delusions concerning one's own body or life.
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We call them nihilistic delusions, where the person sometimes feels like he or she has no brain, or their intestines are going to disintegrate or sometimes a person believes, 'I just don't exist'," he said.
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