Word Meaning 妄想

ぼうそう bousou

妄想 is read as ぼうそう (bousou) and means delusion.

Meaning

English

  1. delusion
  2. wild idea
  3. (wild) fancy
  4. (ridiculous) fantasy

Reading

Kana

ぼうそう

Romaji

bousou

Writing Variants

  • 妄想 もうそう mousou
  • 盲想 ぼうそう bousou
  • 盲想 もうそう mousou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 1241 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

妄想症

もうそうしょう

paranoia

妄想癖

もうそうへき

(having an) overactive imagination

被害妄想

ひがいもうそう

persecution complex

誇大妄想

こだいもうそう

megalomania

誇大妄想狂

こだいもうそうきょう

megalomania

神は妄想である

かみはもうそうである

The God Delusion (2006 book by Richard Dawkins)

妄信

ぼうしん

blind acceptance

幻想

げんそう

fantasy

仮想

かそう

imagination

随想

ずいそう

random thoughts

過激思想

かげきしそう

extremism

反実仮想

はんじつかそう

counterfactual thinking

Example Sentences

10

かれはもうそうにふけっている。

He is lost in his delusions.

かれはひがいもうそうがはげしい。

He has a severe persecution complex.

That's delusional.

Don't get paranoid.

It's just your imagination.

You're completely delusional.

That girl is under the delusion that she is a princess.

The truth is the truth, even if you defy it and intentionally cover it up, it is still no different from daydreaming.

When I was a kid, I thought that if I died the world would just disappear. What a childish delusion! I just couldn't accept that the world could continue to exist without me.

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.