Definitions for self-delusion

self-delusion self-de·lu·sion

Spelling: [self-di-loo-zhuh n, self-]
IPA: /ˈsɛlf dɪˈlu ʒən, ˌsɛlf-/

Self-Delusion is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 855 anagrams from letters in self-delusion (-deefillnossu).

Definitions for self-delusion

noun

  1. the act or fact of deluding oneself.

Origin of self-delusion

First recorded in 1625-35

Examples for self-delusion

It is a self-delusion to attempt to derive monachism from the East.

It would be self-delusion of the first order to assume health reform won't be a central issue in 2014.

But his remarkable combination of grandiosity, self-delusion, and brazen, utter, shameless chutzpah keeps him coming back.

Second, people in positions of great authority are, and perhaps must be, capable of enormously high levels of self-delusion.

If it was only a self-delusion, an hallucination, he told himself that he would be content.

Campaigns can often be breeding grounds for confidence bordering on self-delusion.

But it was self-delusion: she loved another; she married him.

Any other reason or excuse she used was a sham, a self-delusion.

self-delusion is a beautiful thing, but bravado is even better.

"A natural sort of self-delusion in its way," said Grenfell, carelessly.

Word Value for self-delusion
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7

Words with friends

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