self-delusion

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[U] the act of making yourself believe sth that you know is not true

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

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self-delusionEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary self-delusionEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

Nearby in the dictionary

self-centred self-confessed self-confident self-congratulation self-conscious self-contained self-contradictory self-control self-criticism self-deception self-defeating

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self-delusion