self-deluded
- a word derived from self-delusion.
Example Sentences
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These are some of the self-deluded weaklings who set the tone of institutional life in much of America today.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022
"Baldwin doesn't understand that self-deluded, whining elites crowing their innocence early in the process hurts him severely against a history of film sets where pistols don't fire themselves on a regular occurrence."
From Fox News • Dec. 3, 2021
The self-deluded YouTube alter ego of comedian Colleen Ballinger returns in this new show.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2019
The report also said leaders were "self-deluded" in thinking they had addressed problems before they became public.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2018
Ah!" cried the thus self-deluded Lady Sara, one night, as she traversed her chamber in a paroxysm of tears; "what are the vows I have sworn?
From Thaddeus of Warsaw by Porter, Jane