单词 | self-deceitfulness |
释义 | self-deceitfulnessn. Now rare. The quality of being self-deceitful; self-deceit. 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 1642 A. Grosse Myst. Self-denyall xv, in Sweet & Soule-perswading Inducements 214 Self-exaltation deceiveth, making man thinke himselfe wise, when he is ignorant. [Marginal note:] Self deceitfulnesse. 1815 Christian Observer Feb. 102/1 Its [sc. the heart's] unfaithfulness to salutary impressions; its pride, self deceitfulness, and hypocrisy. 1850 W. H. Goold in J. Owen Wks. I. p. ix The self-deceitfulness of the heart. 1929 Poetry Mar. 316 They were not flesh and blood Tossed by the pulse's torment, or betrayed By self-deceitfulness. 2013 @jfleener5 11 Jan. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I'm preaching Obadiah: The Self-Deceitfulness of Pride & It's Cure!—tomorrow at Papakura Baptist Church. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1642 |
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