self-deception

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ deception.

Noun

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

1. 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