self-deceivedadj.
/ˌsɛlfdᵻˈsiːvd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfdəˈsivd/ Convinced by oneself of the truth of a false or unvalidated feeling, idea, or situation; engaged in self-deception. Also: involving self-deception.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > self-deception > [adjective]
self-deceiving1597
self-deceived1628
self-deludinga1631
self-deluded1642
self-deceitful1644
self-deceptious1806
self-deceptive1810
1628 W. Struther Christian Observ. & Resol. xcii. 256 But he is pitifully selfe-deceiued, who contenteth himselfe with a profession of Religion, and neither knoweth nor careth for this Union.
1637 J. Sym Lifes Preservative against Self-killing xv. 210 That we may not be self-deceived, through the neglect of meanes of knowledge; which makes our sins the greater.
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 7 Who self deceiv'd And rash, before-hand had no better weigh'd The strength he was to cope with. View more context for this quotation
1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires i. i. 75 Some, self-deceived, who think their lust of gold Is but a love of fame.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1835) I. 156 An intense half self-deceived humorism.
1876 A. Mahan Misunderstood Texts Script. i. 89 What class of self-deceived unregenerates does the apostle refer to in this passage?
1950 I. Berlin in Foreign Affairs 28 356 The..ultimately self-destructive liberties peddled by those conscienceless or self-deceived individualists.
2006 L. Siegel Falling Upwards 287 Her [sc. Jane Austen's] self-deceived heroines.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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