self-deceiving

[ self-di-see-ving, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlf dɪˈsi vɪŋ, ˌsɛlf- /

adjective

subject to self-deception; tending to deceive or fool oneself: a self-deceiving person.

used in deceiving oneself, especially in justifying a false belief, a morally reprehensible act, or the like: a self-deceiving argument.

Origin of self-deceiving

First recorded in 1605–15

Words nearby self-deceiving

self-critical, self-criticism, self-curing resin, self-dealing, self-deceived, self-deceiving, self-deception, self-defeating, self-defence, self-defense, self-deliverance

Example sentences from the Web for self-deceiving

Today's loose and lazy conservative talk about "socialism" is self-deceiving and therefore self-sabotaging.
David's Book Club: What Are Liberals Thinking?|David Frum|July 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It ended, and was understood to end, in self-deceiving words.
Darkness and Dawn|Frederic W. Farrar
Fly from this scene where crime and its delusions still cling round your brain and your self-deceiving heart.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade
It is the self-deceiving patriotism, the blind ancestor-worship, of which we are speaking as a phase of modern opinion.
New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century|John Morrison

No tickets-of-leave to let the hypocritical or self-deceiving ones loose upon the world.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade
So am I, dead tired: you self-deceiving, self complacent thing.
Touch and Go|D. H. Lawrence

单词	self-deceiving
释义	self-deceiving [ self-di-see-ving, self- ] / ˈsɛlf dɪˈsi vɪŋ, ˌsɛlf- / adjective subject to self-deception; tending to deceive or fool oneself: a self-deceiving person. used in deceiving oneself, especially in justifying a false belief, a morally reprehensible act, or the like: a self-deceiving argument. Origin of self-deceiving First recorded in 1605–15 Words nearby self-deceiving self-critical, self-criticism, self-curing resin, self-dealing, self-deceived, self-deceiving, self-deception, self-defeating, self-defence, self-defense, self-deliverance Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for self-deceiving Today's loose and lazy conservative talk about "socialism" is self-deceiving and therefore self-sabotaging. David's Book Club: What Are Liberals Thinking?\|David Frum\|July 13, 2012\|DAILY BEAST It ended, and was understood to end, in self-deceiving words. Darkness and Dawn\|Frederic W. Farrar Fly from this scene where crime and its delusions still cling round your brain and your self-deceiving heart. It Is Never Too Late to Mend\|Charles Reade It is the self-deceiving patriotism, the blind ancestor-worship, of which we are speaking as a phase of modern opinion. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century\|John Morrison No tickets-of-leave to let the hypocritical or self-deceiving ones loose upon the world. It Is Never Too Late to Mend\|Charles Reade So am I, dead tired: you self-deceiving, self complacent thing. Touch and Go\|D. H. Lawrence
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