delude

"People delude themselves that the human race is so clever that we'll come up with some wonderful technology that'll make this all go away."

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Some people delude themselves into thinking they’re financially independent when they’re not.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026

“We delude ourselves, too, if we think that power will accumulate safely and only in the hands of dispassionate ‘people . . . found in agencies.’”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

Let's not delude ourselves, we're looking at human extinction, the death of eight billion people, and there's no way that people will be able to survive in anything like an increase of 5º centigrade.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2024

People delude themselves in all sorts of ways.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

She concocts a fantasy, one that Arthur deludes himself into believing.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2024

OCD deludes you into thinking that you can protect yourself with an ironclad grip over your reality, but that’s impossible.

From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2023

But maybe it’s impossible to separate the reckless carnival barker who deludes himself and others from the bold ideas that really are helping to change the world for the better.

From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2021

Perhaps May also deludes herself that the present moment is especially propitious for a renewal of “our special relationship”.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 14, 2017

Don Quixote thought to reestablish the one, and the South deludes itself with the hope of reestablishing the other.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Pauling may never be fully vindicated, but neither was he simply deluded.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

If that’s the case, he is more deluded than he seems to think the rest of us are.

From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026

“Are they bigots? Are they deluded in thinking that they are subjected to unfair competition?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026

Earl's barrister Paul Hynes KC described his client as "a sad individual" and compared him to the deluded fictional character Walter Mitty.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025

He was deluded by obsession; his logic and reasoning became corrupted, irrational, and increasingly dangerous.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

If he really believes that the job of making peace is done, then he is deluding himself.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025

But if they really believe they can stay in these two separate lanes, they’re deluding themselves.

From Slate ● May 23, 2025

“But I think really they will be deluding themselves if they think that that bodes well for the next general election.”

From Washington Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

Carrigan: The dinner scene between Hank and the Raven, when the Raven is just baffled that Hank is deluding himself into not being responsible for Cristobal’s death.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023

She spent her life weaving it, in comfortably deluding me, that I might wear the lie as proof against all injury.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson