SELF-DECEPTION

Meaning of SELF-DECEPTION in English

noun

[ U ] the act of making yourself believe sth that you know is not true

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SELF-DECEPTION — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : the act of deceiving oneself or the state of being deceived by oneself to presume agreement where …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SELF-DECEPTION — (n.) Self-deceit.
Английский словарь Webster
SELF-DECEPTION — ( n. ) Self-deceit.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SELF-DECEPTION — — self-deceptive , adj. /self"di sep"sheuhn, self'-/ , n. the act or fact of deceiving oneself. Also called self-deceit /self"di …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SELF DECEPTION — tricking oneself, deceiving oneself
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SELF-DECEPTION — noun self-deceit.
Webster English vocab
SELF-DECEPTION — ■ noun the action or practice of deceiving oneself into believing that a false or unvalidated feeling, idea, or situation …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SELF-DECEPTION — self-deception BrE AmE ˌself di ˈsep ʃ ə n -də-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SELF-DECEPTION — ˌself-deˈception BrE AmE noun [uncountable] when you make yourself believe that something is true when it is not
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SELF-DECEPTION — n. deceiving oneself esp. concerning one's true feelings etc. øøself-deceit n. self-deceiver n. self-deceiving adj. self-deceptive adj.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SELF-DECEPTION — n. deceiving oneself esp. concerning one's true feelings etc. Derivatives: self-deceit n. self-deceiver n. self-deceiving adj. self-deceptive adj.
Oxford English vocab
SELF-DECEPTION — Self-deception involves allowing yourself to believe something about yourself that is not true, because the truth is more unpleasant. Human …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SELF-DECEPTION — Self-deception involves allowing yourself to believe something about yourself that is not true, because the truth is more unpleasant. Human …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SELF-DECEPTION — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Perhaps he was engaging in self-deception to block out the troubling facts. EXAMPLES FROM …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SELF-DECEPTION — Synonyms and related words : airy nothing, autism, bamboozlement, befooling, bluffing, bubble, calculated deception, chimera, circumvention, conning, daydream, deceiving, deception, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SELF-DECEPTION — Function: noun the act or an instance of deceiving oneself or of being so deceived FF1C; to presume agreement where …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SELF-DECEPTION — n. Illusion, delusion, hallucination, monomania.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
SELF-DECEPTION — noun the act or an instance of deceiving oneself or of being so deceived to presume agreement where none exists …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SELF-DECEPTION — сущ. самообман Syn : self-delusion самообман
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SELF-DECEPTION — Самообман
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SELF-DECEPTION — n самообман
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SELF-DECEPTION — сущ.самообман Syn:self-delusion
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SELF DECEPTION — (n) самообман
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SELF-DECEPTION — n самообман
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SELF-DECEPTION — n самообман
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SELF DECEPTION — самообман
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SELF DECEPTION — самообман
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SELF-DECEPTION — сущ. самообман Syn: self-delusion
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SELF-DECEPTION — сущ. самообман Syn: self-delusion
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SELF-DECEPTION — _n. самообман
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SELF-DECEPTION — n. самообман
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SELF-DECEPTION — самообман
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
SELF-DECEPTION — самообман
Англо-Русский словарь по патентам и товарным знакам
SELF-DECEPTION — сущ. самообман Syn : self-delusion самообман
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DECEPTION — n deception, deceit
Interlingua English vocab
SELF — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Black Panther Party for Self Defense self defense Self Defense Force self determination self …
Английский словарь Британика
SELF — I. ˈself, ˈseu̇f, South often ˈse(ə)f pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English self, seolf, sylf; akin to Old Frisian …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SELF- — combining form Etymology: Middle English, from Old English self-, seolf-, sylf-, from self, seolf, sylf, pron. & adjective 1. a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DECEPTION — də̇ˈsepshən, dēˈ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English decepcioun, from Middle French deception, from Late Latin deception-, deceptio, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SELF- — a combining form of self and variously used with the meanings "of the self" ( self-analysis ) and "by oneself …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SELF — /self/ , n. , pl. selves , adj., pron., pl. selves , v. n. 1. a person or thing referred …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DECEPTION — /di sep"sheuhn/ , n. 1. the act of deceiving; the state of being deceived. 2. something that deceives or is …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SELF — I. ˈself, Southern also ˈsef pronoun Etymology: Middle English (intensive pronoun), from Old English; akin to Old High German selb, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SELF- — Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from self 1. a. : oneself or itself self- supporting b. : of oneself …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DECEPTION — noun Etymology: Middle English decepcioun, from Anglo-French deception, from Late Latin deception-, deceptio, from Latin decipere to deceive Date: 15th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SELF — noun personification; embodiment. 2. self ·adj same; particular; very; identical. 3. self ·noun hence, personal interest, or love of private …
Webster English vocab
DECEPTION — noun the act of deceiving or misleading. 2. deception ·noun the state of being deceived or misled. 3. deception ·noun …
Webster English vocab
DECEPTION — [de.cep.tion] n [ME decepcioun, fr. MF deception, fr. LL deception-, deceptio, fr. L decipere to deceive] (15c) 1 a: the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SELF — the I as experienced by an individual. In modern psychology the notion of the self has replaced earlier conceptions of …
Britannica English vocabulary
DECEPTION — deception BrE AmE di ˈsep ʃ ə n də- ▷ deception|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SELF — / self; NAmE / noun ( pl. selves / selvz; NAmE /) 1. [ C , usually sing. ] the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DECEPTION — / dɪˈsepʃn; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] the act of deliberately making sb believe sth that is not …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SELF — self S2 W3 /self/ BrE AmE noun ( plural selves /selvz/) [ Language: Old English ] 1 . [countable usually …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DECEPTION — de ‧ cep ‧ tion /dɪˈsepʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SELF — n. & adj. --n. (pl. selves) 1 a person's or thing's own individuality or essence (showed his true self). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SELF — n. & adj. n. (pl. selves) 1 a person's or thing's own individuality or essence (showed his true self). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SELF — n. & adj. --n. (pl. selves) 1. a person's or thing's own individuality or essence (showed his true self). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
DECEPTION — ( deceptions) Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone. He admitted conspiring …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DECEPTION — (~s) Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone. He admitted conspiring to …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SELF — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be a shadow/ghost of your former self (= be much less confident, healthy, energetic etc …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DECEPTION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a web of intrigue/deceit/deception/lies etc COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE obtaining ▪ If the bet …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DECEPTION — [noun] - (an act of) hiding the truth, esp. to get an advantageHis wife was a victim of deception. [U]The …
Cambridge English vocab
SELF — n. Black Panther Party for Self Defense self defense Self Defense Force self determination self esteem self fertilization self heal …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SELF — Synonyms and related words : I, I myself, alter, alter ego, alterum, anima, anima humana, atman, ba, better self, breath, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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