Definition of "self-deceit" []

• Self-deception. (noun)

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• "What if you must give up kneeling at the altar of self-deceit or self-deprecation and learn to accept and love yourself?"
• "Lightning Rods explores the way in which one man's self-deceit can continuously expand into an increasingly baroque and towering edifice."
• "Sometimes an unreliable narrator reveals more about a subject than one who fearlessly confronts it, by showing us the very human qualities of self-deceit and idealism. on 04 Mar 2010 at 8: 25 pm Juliet"