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self-deception

self-deception noun: the act of fooling oneself, of willfully not accepting the obvious.

Noun

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

  1. (usually) The act of fooling oneself, of willfully not accepting the obvious.

self-deception meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

self-deception in Hindi

fooling oneself
आत्मवंचना ātmavañcnā

self-deception in Tamil

தன்னேய்ப்பு

self-deception in Bengali

নিজেকে বোকা বানানোর কাজ

self-deception in Kannada

fooling oneself
ಅತ್ಮವಂಚನೆ atmavañcane

Synonyms of self-deception

Forms of self-deception

pluralself-deceptions

Origin of self-deception

From self- + deception.

Questions about self-deception

What does self-deception mean?
Self-deception means the act of fooling oneself, of willfully not accepting the obvious.
What is self-deception in Hindi?
Self-deception in Hindi is आत्मवंचना (ātmavañcnā). See Self-deception meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is self-deception?
Self-deception is a noun.
What is the plural of self-deception?
The plural of self-deception is self-deceptions.

Words near self-deception in the dictionary

  1. self-deceived
  2. self-deceiver
  3. self-deceivers
  4. self-deceives
  5. self-deceiving
  6. self-deception
  7. self-deceptions
  8. self-deceptive
  9. self-declare
  10. self-declared
  11. self-declares

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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-deception (page history and authors); self-deception (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); self-deception (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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