self-deception

English

Etymology

self- +‎ deception

Noun

self-deception (usually uncountable, plural self-deceptions)

The act of fooling oneself, of willfully not accepting the obvious.
Synonyms: self-deceit, self-delusion

Related terms

self-deceive
self-deceiver
self-deceptive

Translations

fooling oneself

Bulgarian: самоизмама (bg) f (samoizmama)
Catalan: please add this translation if you can
Czech: sebeklam m
Estonian: enesepettus
Finnish: itsepetos (fi)
French: auto-illusion (fr) f
German: Selbsttäuschung (de) f, Selbstbetrug (de) m
Greek: αυταπάτη (el) f (aftapáti)
Icelandic: sjálfsblekking f
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Kannada: ಅತ್ಮವಂಚನೆ (kn) (atmavañcane)
Macedonian: самозалажување n (samozalažuvanje), самоизмама f (samoizmama)
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: autoenganação f
Romanian: autoamăgire (ro) f
Russian: самообма́н (ru) m (samoobmán)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: самообмана f

Roman: samoobmana (sh) f
Spanish: autoengaño m
Swedish: självbedrägeri n

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