self-deception
Example Sentences
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What makes this powerful is that it doesn’t feel like self-deception.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
To not see this for what it is can be attributed to being naïve and gullible, to self-deception by outright denial, or to being complicit.
From Salon • Feb. 26, 2025
Anything that we’re afraid of that isn’t happening now is a self-deception.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025
But what role does this form of self-deception play in how people think about climate change?
From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2024
To ignore this science is to engage in self-deception, to tell ourselves a lie.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
