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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Perhaps he was engaging in self-deception to block out the troubling facts.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But Anne Edwards was not given to self-deception and she knew what she was feeling.
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But for every self-deception there is a moment when reality bites.
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But the political and ideological pressures that foster this particular kind of self-deception are stronger than I can remember.
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I guess the whole thing is the biggest self-deception there is.
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Was it self-deception or did she really feel warm to his touch?
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What we call self-deception in others often proves liberating in our-selves!