self-deceiving

American  

[self-di-see-ving, self-] / ˈsɛlf dɪˈsi vɪŋ, ˌsɛlf- /

adjective

1. subject to self-deception; tending to deceive or fool oneself.

   a self-deceiving person.

2. used in deceiving oneself, especially in justifying a false belief, a morally reprehensible act, or the like.

   a self-deceiving argument.

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Etymology

Origin of self-deceiving

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

Penn captures the beating heart of an inveterate explorer, at its most self-deceiving but also at its bravest and boldest.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2021

Hampton Fluker plays George and Chinasa Ogbuagu plays Sue Bayliss, a neighbor with sharp opinions on the Keller family’s self-deceiving ways.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2019

The story is told from Margot’s perspective, and Roupenian charts every ripple in her shifting, self-deceiving perception of what’s going on between Robert and herself.

From Slate • Jan. 8, 2019

Is Brutus a hero of the Republic, or the ultimate self-deceiving idealist?

From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2012

By this means the self-deceiving monarch learnt that preparations were being made by Louis to invest the town with all his forces, and that the next day at day-break the siege was to commence.

From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart