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[ self-di-sep-shuhn, self- ] / ˈsɛlf dɪˈsɛp ʃən, ˌsɛlf- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR self-deception ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act or fact of deceiving oneself. Also called self-de·ceit [self-di-seet, self-]. /ˈsɛlf dɪˈsit, ˌsɛlf-/. Origin of self-deceptionFirst recorded in 1670–80 OTHER WORDS FROM self-deceptionself-de·cep·tive, adjectiveWords nearby self-deceptionself-criticism, self-curing resin, self-dealing, self-deceived, self-deceiving, self-deception, self-defeating, self-defence, self-defense, self-deliverance, self-delusion Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for self-deceptionThe mask of self-deception was no longer a mask for me, it was a part of me. Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST It demonstrates either an incredible act of purposeful evasion or self-deception. Buddhist Retreat’s Death Saga|Lizzie Crocker|July 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST They simply point to paradox and self-deception with sharper eyes than tongue. Catastrophe in Verse|Eliza Griswold|April 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST Wit, charm, and even vulnerability shine through his snobbery and self-deception says Kirk Davis Swinehart. The Enigmatic Nomad|Kirk Davis Swinehart|February 26, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Other stories of his illustrate the futility of self-deception on the part of the author. Talks on the study of literature.|Arlo Bates Everything else is humbug on the one side and self-deception on the other. What is Coming?|H. G. Wells And even greater than this ingenuity at reprisals is its capacity for self-deception. Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson Not being as unscrupulous as his French associate, he found it necessary to employ an immense amount of self-deception. A Desperate Voyage|Edward Frederick Knight In its vaguer significance the phrase, though it contains a truth, contains also some possibilities of self-deception and error. Tremendous Trifles|G. K. Chesterton
British Dictionary definitions for self-deceptionself-deceptionself-deceit
nounthe act or an instance of deceiving oneself, esp as to the true nature of one's feelings or motives Derived forms of self-deceptionself-deceptive, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to self-deceptionfantasy, hallucination, deception, illusion, pipe dream, spuriousness, fancy, casuistry, mirage, trip, phantom, trickery, speciousness, oversight, misapprehension, apparition, figment, phantasm, ghost, chicanery |