妄

Meaning

妄 centers on thought or action that is disconnected from reality or proper limits: delusion, recklessness, or doing something without authority or necessity.

• 妄想もうそう

  delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy

• 妄言もうげん

  reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood

• 妄執もうしゅう

  deep-rooted delusion; firm conviction (based on incorrect beliefs)

• 誇大妄想こだいもうそう

  megalomania; delusions of grandeur

• せん妄せんもう

  delirium

• 虚妄きょもう

  falsehood; untruth; lie

• 一次妄想いちじもうそう

  primary delusion

• 不妄語戒ふもうごかい

  precept forbidding one to speak untruthfully; precept of satya

• 二次妄想にじもうそう

  secondary delusion

• 加害妄想かがいもうそう

  persecutor complex; delusion that one is harming others

• 天雷无妄てんらいむぼう

  wu wang (hexagram 25 of the I Ching: innocence)

• 妄動もうどう

  rash act; reckless act

• 妄心もうしん

  deluded mind (a mind polluted with klesha, incapable of understanding the original essence of things)

• 妄念もうねん

  conviction based on flawed ideas; obstructive thought

• 妄想代理人もうそうだいりにん

  Paranoia Agent (2004 anime series)

• 妄想性障害もうそうせいしょうがい

  delusional disorder

• 妄想気分もうそうきぶん

  delusional mood

• 妄想狂もうそうきょう

  paranoia

• 妄想病もうそうびょう

  delusional disorder

• 妄想症もうそうしょう

  paranoia

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