| fantasy(noun, fancy, belief, notion, dream) | |
| delusion(noun, belief) | |
| fond illusion(noun, expression, fancy, fantasy, notion) | |
| daydream(noun, fancy, fantasy, notion, dream) | |
| disposition to believe(expression, idiom) | |
| blind faith | |
| dreamery | |
| flight of fancy(noun, expression, idiom, fancy, fantasy) | |
| idealism | |
| self-deception(noun, belief) | |
| air castle(noun, expression, fancy, fantasy, notion) | |
| airy hope(noun, expression, fancy, fantasy, dream) | |
| alienation | |
| autistic thinking | |
| avoidance mechanism | |
| bamboozlement | |
| blame-shifting | |
| calculated deception | |
| castle in the air(noun, expression, idiom, fancy, fantasy) | |
| castle in the sky(noun, expression, idiom, fancy, fantasy) |
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