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self-deceived
[ self-di-seevd, self- ]
adjective
- holding an erroneous opinion of oneself, one's own effort, or the like.
- being mistaken, forming an erroneous judgment, etc., in one's own mind, as from careless or wishful thinking:
If you thought my friendship was love, you were self-deceived.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of self-deceived1
First recorded in 1665–75
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Example Sentences
Maybe I’m no less self-deceived than anyone else.
From The New Yorker
Could I have been self-deceived, delusional?
From The New Yorker
No, not that the universe is a cold, empty, meaningless void and that hope and justice are pretty lies told by self-deceived fools.
From Washington Post
We know Mumler was a fraud, but we don’t know what kind of fraud — self-deceived true believer, confidence man or both?
From New York Times
These ‘self-deceived’ students also earned overly lofty predictions from their peers.
From Nature
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