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单词 self-deceive
释义

self-deceive

verb

self-de·​ceive ˌself-di-ˈsēv How to pronounce self-deceive (audio)
self-deceived; self-deceiving; self-deceives

intransitive verb

: to deceive oneself especially concerning oneself
Faced with the choice between attributing their performance to the presence of the answers or their own ability, people chose to self-deceive, convincing themselves that their performance was due not to the answers but to themselves. Zoë Chance et al.
self-deceived adjective
One of her [Jane Austen's] novels, Emma, is narrated so much through the consciousness of its self-deceived heroine that the reader too keeps being deceived. John Mullan
We are all invited … to change or to retrench and double down on the self-deceived notion that we have things all figured out. Tim Suttle
self-deceiving adjective
self-deceiving people/beliefs
self-deceiver noun
plural self-deceivers
Self-deceivers are people who don't see their own values, motives and beliefs clearly. Robert Lynch

Word History

First Known Use

1617, in the meaning defined above

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