self-deluding

self-deluding
self-de|lud|ing [ ,self dı`ludıŋ ] adjective
allowing yourself to believe good things about yourself that are not true

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • self-delusion — self deluded /self di looh did, self /, adj. self deluding, adj. /self di looh zheuhn, self /, n. the act or fact of deluding oneself. [1625 35] * * * …   Universalium

  • Self-delusion — Self de*lu sion, n. The act of deluding one s self, or the state of being thus deluded. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • self-de|lu|sion — «SEHLF dih LOO zhuhn», noun. the act or fact of deluding oneself; self deception …   Useful english dictionary

  • self-delusion — /sɛlf dəˈluʒən/ (say self duh loohzhuhn), / ˈljuʒən/ (say lyoohzhuhn) noun the act of deluding oneself …  

  • self-delusion — noun the act of deluding oneself, or the state of being so deluded …   Wiktionary

  • self-delusion — n. the act or an instance of deluding oneself …   Useful english dictionary

  • fallacious — Synonyms and related words: Albigensian, Arian, Barmecidal, Barmecide, Catharist, Donatist, Ebionitist, Erastian, Gnostic, Jansenist, Jansenistic, Jovinianist, Jovinianistic, Lollard, Manichaean, Monophysite, Monophysitic, Montanist, Montanistic …   Moby Thesaurus

  • False — Synonyms and related words: Barmecidal, Barmecide, Machiavellian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, aberrant, abroad, adrift, affected, airy, all abroad, all off, all wrong, ambidextrous, amiss, apostate, apparent, apparitional, artful, artificial, askew,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • deceptive — Synonyms and related words: Barmecidal, Barmecide, aberrant, abroad, adrift, airy, all abroad, all off, all wrong, amiss, apparent, apparently sound, apparitional, askew, astray, at fault, autistic, awry, beguiling, beside the mark, bogus,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • delusive — Synonyms and related words: Barmecidal, Barmecide, aberrant, abroad, adrift, airy, all abroad, all off, all wrong, amiss, apparent, apparitional, askew, astray, at fault, autistic, awry, beguiling, beside the mark, catchy, chimeric, chimerical,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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