Complex and Delusion

Complex

Complex noun - A structure that is designed and built for a particular purpose.

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Delusion and complex are semantically related in obsession topic. In some cases you can use "Delusion" instead a noun "Complex".

Delusion noun - A conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality.

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Complex and delusion are semantically related in obsession topic. Sometimes you can use "Complex" instead a noun "Delusion".

Nearby Words: delude, delusive, delusory, deluded, deluding

good	good complex	good delusion
similar	similar complex	similar delusion
simple	simple complex	simple delusion
real	real complex	real delusion
Other adjectives: violent, severe, huge, bad, terrible, possible, military, giant.

In the short story "The Humanic Complex" by Ray Russell, God is not so much missing as suffering from the delusion that He is merely human.

Source: Have You Seen My God?
Light's God Complex is the most obvious example of this trope in the manga — not just his delusion of godhood, but the very fact that he thinks he has the right to kill whomever he deems fit, and whomever gets in his way.

Source: Pride
Napoleon Delusion: Mention is made of a medical condition called a Geary Complex where an officer believes that they are the only one who can save the Alliance, sometimes believing themselves to be the reincarnation of Captain Geary.

Source: Literature / The Lost Fleet

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