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Meaning of "self-deceit" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-DECEIT

self-deceit  [ˌselfdɪˈsiːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-DECEIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Self-Deceit is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SELF-DECEIT


actinomycete
ˌæktɪnəʊmaɪˈsiːt
ascomycete
ˌæskəmaɪˈsiːt
backseat
ˈbæksiːt
basidiomycete
bæˌsɪdɪəʊmaɪˈsiːt
conceit
kənˈsiːt
deceit
dɪˈsiːt
disseat
dɪsˈsiːt
facete
fəˈsiːt
inficete
ˌɪnfəˈsiːt
loveseat
ˈlʌvˌsiːt
misconceit
ˌmɪskənˈsiːt
myxomycete
ˌmɪksəʊmaɪˈsiːt
nonreceipt
ˈnɒnrɪˈsiːt
preconceit
ˌpriːkənˈsiːt
receipt
rɪˈsiːt
reseat
riːˈsiːt
schizomycete
ˌskɪtsəʊmaɪˈsiːt
seat
siːt
self-conceit
ˌselfkənˈsiːt
unseat
ʌnˈsiːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-DECEIT

self-criticism
self-deception
self-deceptive
self-declared
self-defeating
self-defence
self-defense
self-defensive
self-delusion
self-denial
self-denying
self-denyingly
self-deprecating
self-deprecatingly
self-deprecatory
self-depreciating
self-destruct
self-destruction
self-destructive
self-determination

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-DECEIT

albeit
counterfeit
Fahrenheit
forfeit
geit
gesundheit
howbeit
huaFahrenheit
Koweit
sobeit
surfeit
Yahrzeit

Synonyms and antonyms of self-deceit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «self-deceit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF-DECEIT

Find out the translation of self-deceit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of self-deceit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «self-deceit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

掩耳盗铃
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

autoengaño
570 millions of speakers

English

self-deceit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आत्म छल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الخداع الذاتي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

самообман
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

auto-engano
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্ব-শঠতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

auto- tromperie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penipuan diri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Selbsttäuschung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自己欺瞞
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자기 기만
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngapusi dhewe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự lừa dối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுயத்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वत: ची फसवणूक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kendini kandırma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

auto- inganno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

samo- oszustwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

самообман
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

auto- înșelăciune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτο - εξαπάτηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

self- bedrog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

självbedrägeri
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selvbedrag
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-deceit

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-DECEIT»

The term «self-deceit» is normally little used and occupies the 139.594 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-DECEIT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «self-deceit» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «self-deceit» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about self-deceit

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-DECEIT»

Discover the use of self-deceit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-deceit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Love, Self-deceit, and Money: Commerce and Morality in the ...
"In Love, Self-Deceit, and Money, Koen Stapelbroek reconstructs the early Neapolitan Enlightenment debate on the morality of market societies, a debate that hinged on the preservation of Naples' independent statehood in a global arena of ...
Koen Stapelbroek, 2008
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The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-deception ...
Explores the author's theorized evolutionary basis for self-deception, which he says is tied to group conflict, courtship, neurophysiology, and immunology, but can be negated by awareness of it and its results.
Robert Trivers, 2011
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Journal to the Truth
fq/q/qp Self-deceit is nothing more than ignoring the reality of any situation, circumstance, liability, responsibility, impact, or the everlasting affect your decision has on yourself or others. The Bible says: "Deceit is in the heart of those who devise ...
Dave Payton, 2009
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The Theory of Moral Sentiments: Or, An Essay Towards an ...
Of the Nature of Self-deceit, and of tlie Origin and Use of general Rides. IN order to pervert the rectitude of our own judgments concerning the propriety of our own conduct, it is not always necessary that the real and impartial spectator should ...
Adam Smith, 1817
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The Ophelia Paradox: An Inquiry Into the Conduct of Our Lives
Self-deceit is an unfortunate reality. But to argue for the fundamental role of self- justification in conduct is not to defend self-deceit. Part of the reason for the unremitting pursuit of self-justification may well lie in an over-intel- lectualized culture ...
Mortimer Raymond Kadish, 1994
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Hegel and Shakespeare on Moral Imagination
According to Hegel, self-deceit is the highest form of hypocrisy and the high- water mark of evil. Henry V's route is not how we arrive at justice. I begin by looking at Henry V's apparent virtue (Chapter 7). I then look at Hegel's theory of evil with a ...
Jennifer Ann Bates, 2010
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Becoming a Good Doctor: The Place of Virtue and Character in ...
The psychiatrist sees self-ignorance and self-deceit frequently in patients, but in mental illness we find them in only the most obvious and extreme cases. Our communication with others requires truth, but so too does our communication with ...
James F. Drane, 1988
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Sermons
Thus a man, whose temper is formed to ambition or covetousness, shall even approve of them sometimes in others. This seems to be in a good measure the account of self-partiality and self-deceit, when traced up to its original. Whether it be ...
Joseph Butler, 1844
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Rising in Words
The other path, more accurately a multiplicity of variations on a theme as we have seen, involves self-deceit, frequently rationalized considering the premium put on appearing considerate and rational precisely when one acts on instinctive ...
Colin Barth, 2008
10
Memoirs and select remains of ... John Cooke [ed.] by G. Redford
Self-love suggests, surely 1 this trial will he sufficient — self-will would hare it so, at all events ; self-conceit thinks that it would he best, and self-deceit assured me it must be so. This disposition, then, is evil in its origin: and it is equally so in its ...
John Cooke, George Redford, 1828

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-DECEIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self-deceit is used in the context of the following news items.
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Weak weekly wages worries Hoosiers
... 2008 our wages were 15.6 percent below those of the U.S. By 2014, we had continued to slip downhill in a fog of self-deceit to 17.2 percent below the nation. «nwitimes.com, Jul 15»
2
The Brutality of Reality
This bold assertion stands in stark contract to the reality, which is that less than ten percent will succeed. Are founders suffering from self-deceit, hallucinations or ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Hoosiers sufferfrom weak wage increases
... 2008 our wages were 15.6 percent below those of the U.S. By 2014, we had continued to slip downhill in a fog of self-deceit to 17.2 percent below the nation. «South Bend Tribune, Jul 15»
4
A Modest Proposal by a Moderate Anti-Partisan
This is a willful process for denying yourself the luxury of self-deceit. Self-deceit, cognitive dissonance and groupthink are the flying monkeys of partisan thought. «American Thinker, Jul 15»
5
One Man's Self-Deceit Is Another Man's Rationalization
Disclosure: The author is long BBY. (More...)The author wrote this article themselves, and it expresses their own opinions. The author is not receiving ... «Seeking Alpha, May 15»
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Safety, security, self-deceit: What Maggie Daley Park says about …
Maggie Daley Park—this fenced-in little Ikea on the lake, modularly obstructing the skyline—is a symptom of a city engaged in self-deceit, not replacing blight ... «Crain's Chicago Business, Apr 15»
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APC, Buhari suffering from 'Acquired Self-deceit Syndrome' - Fayose
According to him, it is self deceit taken to the extreme for anyone to list Ekiti as part of States to be won by the APC in the Saturday's presidential election. «DailyPost Nigeria, Mar 15»
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Obama Lies
When reality dare intrude into his bubble of self-deceit it elicits cognitive dissonance, prompting his auto defense mechanisms to blast the interlopers as phony, ... «American Thinker, Feb 15»
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NNPC Audit Report: Jonathan In Another Vain 'Ghosts Hunt' By …
It was the height of self-deceit by people in government to expect PriceWaterHouseCooper to unravel the mystery of the massive fraud in our crude oil sales ... «SaharaReporters.com, Feb 15»
10
Washington Redskins are the victims of top-down organizational …
Year after year, he commits one dictatorial error after the next, piling self-deceit on self-deceit as he tells fans success is close. His style is a cross between a cat ... «Washington Post, Jan 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Self-Deceit [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/self-deceit>. Apr 2024 ».
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