self-delusion
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of self-delusion
First recorded in 1625–35
Example Sentences
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Critics say the trend encourages self-centeredness and self-delusion and ruins families.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
See above re: superhuman levels of self-delusion that typically function as an asset.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2025
There’s very little she says in “Chimp Crazy” to the lawyers and judges hounding that’s true, but the biggest whoppers she tells highlight her self-delusion.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2024
Those tour de force scenes are a reminder of Fisher’s canny ear for the specific cadence of Angelenos fully immersed in the twinned make-believe worlds of moviemaking and self-delusion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
If art was no more than a frustrated outflinging of desire, if religion was no more than self-delusion, what good was life?
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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