self-deceiving

[ self-di-see-ving, self- ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-deceiving¹

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

Today's loose and lazy conservative talk about "socialism" is self-deceiving and therefore self-sabotaging.

From The Daily Beast

"Then I wash my hands of it all," cried the little self-deceiving caitiff; and he affected to have nothing to do with it.

From Project Gutenberg

A whole sky between such conscious false motions toward self-deceiving and the victory which overcomes the world, even our faith.

From Project Gutenberg

It is the self-deceiving patriotism, the blind ancestor-worship, of which we are speaking as a phase of modern opinion.

From Project Gutenberg

So am I, dead tired: you self-deceiving, self complacent thing.

From Project Gutenberg

It ended, and was understood to end, in self-deceiving words.

From Project Gutenberg