self-deception
Example Sentences
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Such self-deception will come back to bite them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
Fairy In A Bottle is a glorious bruise of a song, all about Alon's capacity for self-deception: "I want to worship you before the hope expires."
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025
To not see this for what it is can be attributed to being naïve and gullible, to self-deception by outright denial, or to being complicit.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2025
Anything that we’re afraid of that isn’t happening now is a self-deception.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
Little Elihue learned everything he needed to know well, particularly the fine art of self-deception.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
