self-deception
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Diplomacy divorced from that reality risks becoming not statecraft, but self-deception.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 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
Perhaps this is just more self-deception, yet another attempt to prove to myself that I’m not worthless.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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