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The mask of self-deception was no longer a mask for me, it was a part of me.
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It takes some powerful self-deception to indulge in the notion of “lessons learned” after a dozen years of war.
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I believe that the future of liberalism—and much else—depends on our overcoming this ruinous self-deception.
It demonstrates either an incredible act of purposeful evasion or self-deception.
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To what extent do you think true self-deception (as opposed to simple bias) exists?
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Not easy to him was it to get back from the varying lights and shadows of self-deception to the radiant sunshine of truth.
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Had his best days of happiness been, then, nothing but hollowness and self-deception?
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Self-deception, egotism, cheap optimism—could they bring a man to this state of mind?
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Where a child is enamoured of some definite individual, self-deception occurs just as it does in adults similarly situated.
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Attempts to show what we know about life; to set the bounds of real truth as distinguished from phrases and self-deception.
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On this page you'll find 56 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to self-deception, such as: deception, fantasy, hallucination, illusion, pipe dream, and apparition.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
