Definitions for self-deception

self-deception self-de·cep·tion

Spelling: [self-di-sep-shuh n, self-]
IPA: /ˈsɛlf dɪˈsɛp ʃən, ˌsɛlf-/

Self-Deception is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 1733 anagrams from letters in self-deception (-cdeeefilnopst).

Definitions for self-deception

noun

  1. the act or fact of deceiving oneself.

Origin of self-deception

First recorded in 1670-80

Examples for self-deception

They simply point to paradox and self-deception with sharper eyes than tongue.

Wit, charm, and even vulnerability shine through his snobbery and self-deception says Kirk Davis Swinehart.

That a very great proportion of this has been self-deception must be admitted.

Nothing is more pathetic in human nature than its faculty of self-deception.

Let there be no false glamour, no disguise, no self-deception.

The more pleasant a self-deception, the less I choose to submit to it.'

What ambition, what self-deception, what pride and conceit filled the world!

It demonstrates either an incredible act of purposeful evasion or self-deception.

They grind among the iron facts of life, And have no time for self-deception.

The mask of self-deception was no longer a mask for me, it was a part of me.

Word Value for self-deception
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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