self-delusion
self-delusion noun: the act of deluding oneself, or the state of being so deluded.
Noun
self-delusion (countable and uncountable, plural self-delusions)
- The act of deluding oneself, or the state of being so deluded.
- This self-delusion is even more the case with Trotsky, whose bloodstained intolerance is generally passed over because the 1960s student generation pretended then, and pretends still, that Trotsky was in some way a freedom-loving, Gulag-free alternative to Stalin.2010, Peter Hitchens, The Cameron Delusion, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- self-deception
self-delusion meaning in Bengali
self-delusion in Bengali
- নিজেকে প্রতারিত করার কাজ, অথবা প্রতারিত হওয়ার অবস্থা
Synonyms of self-delusion
Forms of self-delusion
| plural | self-delusions |
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Origin of self-delusion
From self- + delusion.
Questions about self-delusion
- What does self-delusion mean?
- Self-delusion means the act of deluding oneself, or the state of being so deluded.
- What is self-delusion in Bengali?
- Self-delusion in Bengali is নিজেকে প্রতারিত করার কাজ, অথবা প্রতারিত হওয়ার অবস্থা. See Self-delusion meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is self-delusion?
- Self-delusion is a noun.
- What is the plural of self-delusion?
- The plural of self-delusion is self-delusions.
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