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Discover Ludwig"under a delusion" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation in which one has a false belief or misleading impression. Example: He believed he had special powers, so he was living under a delusion of grandeur.
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Well, it turns out that I was under a delusion.
Probably, homeowners also labor under a delusion that their homes will quickly return to value.
Unlike them, we have never laboured under a delusion of invulnerability.
We suffer under a delusion that we can insulate ourselves and somehow conduct war that avoids the human cost.
Solon was under a delusion when he said that a man when he grows old may learn many things --for he canono more learn much than he can run much; youth is the time for any extraordinary toil.
The plot and characters are made believable by a change Kalidasa introduces: Dushyanta is not responsible for the lovers' separation; he acts only under a delusion caused by a sage's curse.
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So I buy the T-shirt, feeling slightly as though I've fallen under a mass delusion.
We live under a terrible delusion – browbeaten by the 1960s generation, awed by the machismo of the Apollo space missions, we see ourselves as tragic failures in space exploration.
I think we live under a similar delusion.
I like Daily Kos, even though he is under a major delusion about the political future of Mark Warner.
"For far too long we have been operating under a collective delusion that burning out is the necessary price for achieving success," Huffington said in a quote on the Thrive Global site.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com