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Webster 1913 Edition

Self-deception

Selfˊ-de-cep′tion

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Noun.

Self-deceit.

Webster 1828 Edition

Self-deception

SELF-DECEP'TION

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Noun.

[supra.] Deception concerning one's self proceeding from one's own mistake.

Definition 2024

self-deception

self-deception

English

Noun

self-deception ‎(usually uncountable, plural self-deceptions)

The act of fooling oneself, of willfully not accepting the obvious.

Synonyms

(fooling oneself): self-deceit

Translations

fooling oneself

Czech: sebeklam m
Estonian: enesepettus
Finnish: itsepetos
French:
German: Selbstbetrug (de) m
Icelandic: sjálfsblekking f

Persian:
Portuguese: autoenganação f
Russian: самообма́н (ru) m ‎(samoobmán)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: самообмана f

Roman: samoobmana (sh) f