| 单词 | self-deceit | 
| 释义 | self-deceitn.  The action or result of convincing oneself of the truth of a false or unvalidated feeling, idea, or situation; self-deception. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > self-deception > 			[noun]		 self-deceit1590 self-deceiving1614 self-abusea1616 self-delusion1625 self-deceitfulness1642 self-deception1648 bad faith1947 1590    T. Lodge Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacie sig. I2v  				Thus feeds the hart vpon his endles harmes, Thus glut the thoughts themselues on self deceit. a1649    G. Abbot Brief Notes Psalms 		(1651)	 lxxiii. 310  				I have so surfeited of self-deceit that abstracted from God I see now what I am. 1679    J. Flavell Touchstone of Sincerity ii. 16  				Evidences of self-deceit in matters of Religion. 1712    J. Addison Spectator No. 399. ¶2  				This fatal Hypocrisie and Self-deceit. 1774    J. Priestley Inst. Relig. III. 123  				The most fatal delusion and self-deceit. 1828    D. Stewart Philos. Powers of Man I.  ii. ii. 157  				Our moral powers are warped by the influence of self-partiality and self-deceit. 1870    J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VI. lxx. 506  				A characteristic that must have comprehended self-deceit. 1933    Mod. Psychologist Nov. 263/2  				He can no longer use these methods of self-deceit for evading his real problems. 1997    J. Brook in  S. Champion Disco Biscuits 131  				The place is full of runaways and losers who earn a parasitic dollar off the tourists... I marvel at the self-deceit of the blank-eyed tourist clubbers. 2016    Irish Daily Mail 		(Nexis)	 12 Nov. 16  				Any such alleged belief in consent must be genuinely held. Self-deceit is not a defence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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