Examples of 'self-delusion' in a sentence

Meaning of "self-delusion"

'Self-delusion' is a noun that refers to the act of deceiving oneself or maintaining a belief that is contrary to reality, often leading to a false sense of security or satisfaction
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  • The act of deluding oneself, or the state of being so deluded.

How to use "self-delusion" in a sentence

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No person is to be blamed for collective self-delusion.
I suppose self-delusion is a gift of natural selection as well.
Sometimes afraid that this is self-delusion.
Self-delusion is a gift of natural selection.
Still others indulge in simple self-delusion.
American self-delusion is really the outcome of indifference.
This is one of my favorite examples of self-delusion.
Self-delusion in the pursuit of victory is the path to defeat.
American policy was built on self-delusion.
Your capacity for self-delusion never ceases to amaze me.
You are the perfect example of self-delusion.
Susceptibility to self-delusion is thankfully not high among my many failings.
Men have an incredible capacity for self-delusion.
I fear it would be only self-delusion to fancy her better.
To depend on time to solve our problems is self-delusion.

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The self-delusion that plagues both sides in this conflict.
It is also capable of great self-delusion.
Instead, a person must avoid self-delusion and concentrate on realistic ambitions.
To think otherwise is political self-delusion.
Our world of self-delusion will perish amidst its evasions and fortuities.
People are in general good at that sort of self-delusion.
They project their self-delusion on America as a whole.
There is probably an element of self-delusion in.
No self-delusion That when you are telling those lies.
Others are merely traumatized into self-delusion.
The tragic self-delusion behind the Hamas war.
Pascal saw us as a remarkable mixture of genius and self-delusion.
That this was not the ordinary self-delusion of an incompetent.
Skeptics consider his psychic claims to be the result of self-delusion.
Addictive behavior is always full of lies, self-delusion is therefore a form of fallacy.
The objective results are necessary only to avoid self-delusion.
Freedom from self-delusion is a great necessity on the Path.
Your arrogance is exceeded only by your extreme self-delusion.
There can be no self-delusion as to the importance of the Lisbon strategy.
We find out that we have a serious self-delusion habit.
Self-delusion in humans is very, very common.
I want to add a short comment about the self-delusion part.
This self-delusion is not a bad idea.
To see a mirror image of oneself represents self-delusion or deception by others.
Central to the cultural complex of consumerism is daydreaming, fantasising and self-delusion.
Then the self-delusion is revealed.
The world finds his epiphany to be shallow to the point of self-delusion.
Looking back, my capacity for self-delusion astonishes me.
Dukkha is its only reward for a misconceived attachment fostered by self-delusion.
But this is self-delusion.
The soul is still susceptible to the perils of pride and self-delusion.
Stop this self-delusion.
But inhabiting the extremes demands self-discipline that borders on self-delusion.
A neat case of self-delusion.
The movie was a result of talented production, but it is empty and incites self-delusion.

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