delusional jealousy, n.All

Delusional jealousy (n.) suspects ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the partner of loving those whom one is oneself tempted to love: "it is not I who love, it is she".

Delusional jealousy (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be a mirror image of one's own forbidden love: imagining the spouse unfaithful lays a cooling compress on one's own burning wound.

Delusional jealousy (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what is left of a repressed homosexuality, warded off by the formula "I do not love him; she loves him".