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self-deˈlusion
[self- 1 a.]
The act of deluding oneself; an instance of this.
1634Milton Comus 365 If they be but false alarms of Fear, How bitter is such self-delusion? 1794Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho xxxvii, Pitying the self-delusion which disarmed him of the will to depart. 1818Scott Br. Lamm. xv, Covering with no unusual self-delusion his interested views with a hue of virtue. 1880Fortn. Rev. Feb. 229 To go on as we do now..in the vague hope that some day we may begin to do our duty..is..mere self-delusion. |