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单词 self-deceptive
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self-deceptiveadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfdᵻˈsɛptɪv/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfdəˈsɛptɪv/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, deceptive adj.
Etymology: < self- prefix + deceptive adj., after self-deception n. Compare earlier self-deceitful adj., self-deceiving adj., self-deceptious adj.
Involving or characterized by self-deception. Also: engaging in self-deception; self-deceiving.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective] > deceptive, misleading
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > self-deception > [adjective]
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self-deluded1642
self-deceitful1644
self-deceptious1806
self-deceptive1810
1810 Belfast Monthly Mag. 30 Nov. 394 It is becoming a manufacturing nation much sooner..than is modish in the present system of self deceptive flattery to admit.
1894 Athenæum 3 Nov. 599/1 [They] showed themselves theatrical, self-conscious, and self-deceptive.
1954 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 July 9/3 The idea of..Balkanization of Central Europe originated in the United States (through the self-deceptive ideology of ‘self determination’).
1999 New Republic 8 Nov. 23/2 Some..have even wondered whether the term ‘humanitarianism’ has not been so overused and distorted as to be morally incoherent and intellectually self-deceptive.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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