self-deception

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With their passing the Kaiser was drawn into the war, thinks Ludwig, against his will but as the logical consequence of his self deception in picturing himself a War Lord.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is self deception on a large scale.

From Sadhana : the realisation of life by Tagore, Rabindranath

Whether she was able to attain this point is somewhat doubtful, although the capacity people have for self deception is amazing.

From Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor

But self deception which is so decidedly a source of profit to the deceiver has, to say the least of it, a suspicious element about it.

From Art in England Notes and Studies by Cook, Dutton

This, in my self deception, it seemed to me would be very easily done.

From What Shall We Do? by Tolstoy, Leo, graf