self-deception

self-deception

English

Etymology

self- +‎ deception

Noun

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

1. The act of fooling oneself, of willfully not accepting the obvious.

Synonyms

• (fooling oneself): self-deceit

Translations

fooling oneself

Czech: sebeklam m Estonian: enesepettus Finnish: itsepetos French: auto-illusion (fr) f German: Selbstbetrug (de) m Greek: αυταπάτη (el) f (aftapáti) Icelandic: sjálfsblekking f

Kannada: ಅತ್ಮವಂಚನೆ (kn) (atmavañcane) Persian: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: autoenganação f Russian: самообма́н (ru) m (samoobmán) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: самообмана f Roman: samoobmana (sh) f