The difference between Delusion and Imposition

When used as nouns, delusion means a false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts, whereas imposition means the act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.

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  1. Delusion as a noun:

    A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.

  2. Delusion as a noun:

    The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.

    Examples:

    "It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."

  3. Delusion as a noun:

    That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.

  1. Imposition as a noun:

    The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.

  2. Imposition as a noun:

    That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.

  3. Imposition as a noun:

    An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put or laid on others.

  4. Imposition as a noun (printing):

    Arrangement of a printed product's pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product.

  5. Imposition as a noun (religion):

    A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.

  6. Imposition as a noun (UK):

    A task imposed on a student as punishment.

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