Synonyms for "self-deception" (72 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Noun(1 words)

self-deceit

airy nothingautismbamboozlementbefoolingbluffingbubblecalculated deceptioncastle in the airchimeracircumventionconningdaydreamdeceivingdeception

Strong matches (21)

deceptivenessdefraudingdeluded beliefdelusiondelusivenessdereismdreamdream visiondreamlanddreamworldduperyenmeshmentensnaremententanglemententrapmentfallaciousnessfallacyfalse belieffalsenessflimflam

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flimflammery

Related words (36)

fond illusionfoolinghallucinationhoodwinkingignis fatuusillusionkiddingmiragemisbeliefmisconceptionmisinterpretationmisunderstandingoutwittingoverreachingphantasmpipe dreamputting onself-deceitself-delusionsnow job

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song and dancespooferyspoofingsubterfugeswindlingtricktrickinesstrickingtripvaporvictimizationvisionwillful misconceptionwishful thinkingwrong impression

Noun(1 words)

self-delusion

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More general

1 entries

misconception

Related terms

3 entries

self-deceiveself-deceiverself-deceptive

Translations

20 translations across 17 languages.

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Bulgarian

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• самоизмама noun (fooling oneself)

Chinese Mandarin

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• 自我欺騙 /自我欺骗 noun (fooling oneself)

Czech

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• sebeklam noun (fooling oneself)

Estonian

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• enesepettus noun (fooling oneself)

Finnish

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• itsepetos noun (fooling oneself)

French

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• auto-illusion noun (fooling oneself)

German

2 entries

• Selbstbetrug noun (fooling oneself)
• Selbsttäuschung noun (fooling oneself)

Greek

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• αυταπάτη noun (fooling oneself)

Icelandic

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• sjálfsblekking noun (fooling oneself)

Kannada

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• ಅತ್ಮವಂಚನೆ noun (fooling oneself)

Macedonian

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• самозалажување noun (fooling oneself)
• самоизмама noun (fooling oneself)

Portuguese

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• autoenganação noun (fooling oneself)

Romanian

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• autoamăgire noun (fooling oneself)

Russian

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• самообма́н noun (fooling oneself)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

• samoobmana noun (fooling oneself)
• самообмана noun (fooling oneself)

Spanish

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• autoengaño noun (fooling oneself)

Swedish

1 entries

• självbedrägeri noun (fooling oneself)

Sample sentences

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Nationalism is power-hunger tempered by self-deception.

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