delusion, unnecessarily, without authority, reckless
妄 centers on thought or action that is disconnected from reality or proper limits: delusion, recklessness, or doing something without authority or necessity.
妄 combines 亡 (perish, lost) with 女 (woman). The exact historical development is uncertain, but the character likely expressed the idea of something lost or reckless, possibly through a phonetic role of 亡.
A woman 女 with a lost 亡 mind: she acts without thinking, making reckless decisions based on delusions.
For モウ, imagine a reckless mower cutting grass without authority: mow -> モウ, and the mower's wild path mirrors the kanji's reckless nature.
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood
deep-rooted delusion; firm conviction (based on incorrect beliefs)
megalomania; delusions of grandeur
delirium
falsehood; untruth; lie
primary delusion
precept forbidding one to speak untruthfully; precept of satya
secondary delusion
persecutor complex; delusion that one is harming others
wu wang (hexagram 25 of the I Ching: innocence)
rash act; reckless act
deluded mind (a mind polluted with klesha, incapable of understanding the original essence of things)
conviction based on flawed ideas; obstructive thought
Paranoia Agent (2004 anime series)
delusional disorder
delusional mood
paranoia
delusional disorder
paranoia