self-deluding
- a word derived from self-delusion.
Example Sentences
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What “To Paradise” seems mainly to argue is that paradise is an absurd concept, exclusionary and dangerous and fatally self-deluding.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2022
Mendez creates a colorful portrait of a vigorous, self-deluding and rather amiable Fidel, blustering, thrumming his fingers impatiently and, in one moment of exasperation, bathing his face in ice from a liquor cabinet.
From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2021
In a career spanning six decades, Beatty marshaled his booming voice, roly-poly physique, beady eyes and Cheshire-cat grin into an impressive range of characters: amiable, self-deluding, menacing, terrified, or a nuanced combination of the four.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2021
A self-deluding Henry thought he could out-argue Catherine, but she was smarter and stronger.
From The Guardian • Apr. 3, 2017
So she said, confessing with the same breath that it was a poor, self-deluding lie.
From The Rustler of Wind River by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)
