self-delusion

[ self-di-loo-zhuhn, self- ]

noun

1. the act or fact of deluding oneself.

self-delusion

noun

1. the act or state of deceiving or deluding oneself

Other Words From

• self-de·lud·ed [self, -di-, loo, -did, self-], adjective
• self-de·luding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-delusion¹

First recorded in 1625–35

Example Sentences

Like Miller, Wolf suffers from the radical self-delusion that mistakes bonkers political views for uncommonly brave opinion.

From The Daily Beast

It would be self-delusion of the first order to assume health reform won't be a central issue in 2014.

From The Daily Beast

Republicans engaged in large and dangerous self-delusion after the 2010 elections.

From The Daily Beast

Campaigns can often be breeding grounds for confidence bordering on self-delusion.

From The Daily Beast

But his remarkable combination of grandiosity, self-delusion, and brazen, utter, shameless chutzpah keeps him coming back.

From The Daily Beast

The subject of the moral reflections at the end is self-delusion in the particular form of sophisticated vanity.

From Project Gutenberg

Hypocrites are not profoundly acquainted with their own hearts, or with all the secret operations of a spirit of self-delusion.

From Project Gutenberg

The whole affair, into which by some extraordinary self-delusion you consider yourself privileged to obtrude, is very simple.

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The self-delusion pleased him, and seemed to add the clinching argument to his resolution.

From Project Gutenberg

Everything, it seemed to Lee Randon, increased the position of self-delusion at the expense of what he felt to be reality.

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