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Princeton's WordNet

  1. self-deception, self-deceitnoun

    a misconception that is favorable to the person who holds it

Wiktionary

  1. self-deceitnoun

    self-deception

ChatGPT

  1. self-deceit

    Self-deceit is the act or practice of deceiving oneself or denying reality, often to handle uncomfortable facts or truths. It refers to the psychological process of denying or rationalizing away the relevance, significance, or importance of opposing evidence and logical argument, believing one's desired truth instead of the actual reality.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Self-deceitnoun

    the act of deceiving one's self, or the state of being self-deceived; self-deception

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of self-deceit in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of self-deceit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of self-deceit in a Sentence

  1. Cervantes:

    No fathers and mothers think their own children ugly, and this self-deceit is yet stronger with respect to the offspring of the mind.

  2. Demosthenes:

    Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.


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