delusionals
Those believing falsehoods
People who hold delusional beliefs—those experiencing false convictions despite evidence to the contrary.
The term appears both in clinical contexts for those with psychiatric conditions and as casual dismissal of anyone whose views seem disconnected from reality: The delusionals on social media think the election was stolen.
Often pejorative when used loosely.
Perceptions without external cause
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
antipsychotics · therapy · hospitalization · episodes · treatment · symptoms · diagnosis · persecution
Skeptics of official explanations
- flat-earthersThose claiming Earth isn't spherical
- deniersThose who reject claims
- cranksObsessive eccentrics or rotating handles
- believersThose having faith
fanatics · zealots · extremists · online · misinformation · debunking · cult · followers
Staunch factional supporters
- ideologuesAdherents of fixed doctrines
- loyalistsFaithful to established authority
- supportersPeople who back something
- baseSupporting bottom structure
voters · extremists · propagandists · pundits · populists · nationalists · fundamentalists · hardliners
hallucinations
Perceptions without external cause
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
medication · antipsychotics · therapy · hospitalization · episodes · treatment · symptoms · diagnosis · persecution · grandeur
truthers
Skeptics of official explanations
- flat-earthersThose claiming Earth isn't spherical
- deniersThose who reject claims
- cranksObsessive eccentrics or rotating handles
believers · fanatics · zealots · extremists · online · misinformation · debunking · cult · followers · gullible
partisans
Staunch factional supporters
- ideologuesAdherents of fixed doctrines
- loyalistsFaithful to established authority
- supportersPeople who back something
base · voters · extremists · propagandists · pundits · populists · nationalists · fundamentalists · hardliners · diehards
delusionalsrealists
Those accepting things as-is
clear-eyed · lucid · sane · pragmatists · rational
delusionalsskeptics
Those who doubt claims
rationalists · empiricists · critical thinkers · truth-seekers · doubters
- delusional disorderPsychiatric condition featuring persistent false beliefs
- delusional charactersPeople with false beliefs