self-deception

English

Etymology

self- +‎ deception

Noun

self-deception (usually uncountable, plural self-deceptions)

The act of fooling oneself, of willfully not accepting the obvious.

Synonyms

(fooling oneself): self-deceit

Translations

fooling oneself

Czech: sebeklam m
Estonian: enesepettus
Finnish: itsepetos
French: auto-illusion (fr) f
German: Selbstbetrug (de) m
Greek: αυταπάτη (el) f (aftapáti)
Icelandic: sjálfsblekking f

Kannada: ಅತ್ಮವಂಚನೆ (kn) (atmavañcane)
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: autoenganação f
Russian: самообма́н (ru) m (samoobmán)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: самообмана f

Roman: samoobmana (sh) f

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