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self-delusion

[ self-di-loo-zhuhn, self- ]

noun

  1. the act or fact of deluding oneself.


self-delusion

noun

  1. the act or state of deceiving or deluding oneself
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • -·ܻ· [self, -di-, loo, -did, self-], adjective
  • -·ܻiԲ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of self-delusion1

First recorded in 1625–35
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Example Sentences

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There is no room for self-delusion.

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“There is no room for self-delusion. As every chef knows, it’s the worst job in the world. There’s zero BS. You’re going to serve food to somebody, and they’re going to tell you what they think with their wallet. Science and the culinary business are deeply related because it forces you to have no more BS. You can do the stuff we do during the day here and you can raise chocolate, if you remove yourself.”

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On the page, reality and self-delusion meld into a lovely memory soup.

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There’s very little she says in “Chimp Crazy” to the lawyers and judges hounding that’s true, but the biggest whoppers she tells highlight her self-delusion.

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But, from a political perspective, the whole situation has illuminated the veneer of desperate self-delusion behind every "TDS" accusation made towards those who are sensible enough to loathe Trump.

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