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[ noun ] a misconception that is favorable to the person who holds it

Synonyms

self-deceit

Used in print

(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)

In America , such self-deception has served a particularly useful purpose .

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

He hoped he was free_of self-deception .

Related terms

misconception

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