self-delusionnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌself.dɪˈluː.ʒən/us/ˌself.dɪˈluː.ʒən/the act of allowing yourself to believe something that is not true:
It's self-delusion if he thinks he'll be offered a better contract.
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Believing
- article of faith
- ascribe sth to sb
- belief
- believe
- believe in sth
- credit
- evidently
- feel
- feel it in your bones idiom
- give sb the benefit of the doubt idiom
- gospel
- incline to/towards sth
- see sth in sb/sth
- seeing is believing idiom
- stock
- swear by sth
- take sb's word for it idiom
- take sth as read idiom
- under
- word
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