Word: delusional
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The plot is carnally direct. Mr. Horner (Stacy Keach), a notorious London lecher, has it bruited about town through his quack doctor that recent sexual misadventures in France have left him impotent. He rightly guesses that this will give him unlimited access to bored wives and unmatched opportunities to cuckold...
When he climbed into the ring against Canada's George Chuvalo last week, Ernie Terrell, 26, was under the impression-or delusion-that he was heavyweight champion of the world. The World Boxing Association, which is still sort of peeved at Cassius Clay, had told Ernie so last March...
Negroes live sporadically in a world of fantasy," says Dr. Clark. "In childhood the delusion is a simple one−the child may pretend that he is really white. When Negro children as young as three are shown white-and Negro-appearing dolls or asked to color pictures of children...
The X factor, the essential condition for these love stories--love stories only by rather loose definition--is fantasy: half-conscious, almost conspiratorial self-delusion. In the first play, Tennessee Williams's slight but appealing This Property is Condemned, Miss DeMott's fantasy life takes the whole stage. For a...
I was greatly relieved to read your article "The Consumer Economy," because since Christmas morning, I have had the disturbing delusion that I was supporting the U.S. economy all by myself.