self-deception
Example Sentences
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Though “American hegemony” offered some benefits—“open sea lanes, a stable financial system, collective security and support for frameworks for resolving disputes”—it also required collective self-deception.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
This seems to be more of a problem than he’s admitting, and it’s not the only self-deception he practices.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025
"In other words, our study didn't give us any indications that the widespread misconceptions regarding climate change are due to this kind of self-deception," says Zimmermann, summing up his work.
From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2024
Tromp believed that the prince's lie had eventually turned into self-deception.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2023
Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred, and there are few notions more stirring than the idea of a neighboring planet inhabited by intelligent beings.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
