self-deception

Example Sentences

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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

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

In a vain effort at self deception Randall Clayton avoided glancing at the art window where he had seen the mysterious beauty until he was abreast of it.

From The Midnight Passenger : a novel by Savage, Richard

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

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

It is self deception on a large scale.

From Sadhana : the realisation of life by Tagore, Rabindranath