self-delusion in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for self-delusion in the English»Italian Dictionary

self-delusion [Brit, Am ˈˌsɛlf dəˈluʒən] N

self-delusion

(l')ingannare se stesso, illusione f

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English

They all think they're more intelligent than everyone else, more cultured, that people don't recognise their true greatness self-delusion in every sense.

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To progress in any way, we must acknowledge that we, too, stand always in an intimate relation to self-delusion and ignorance.

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But the addict, with his or her genius for self-delusion, will have built from a lifetime's lies thick walls of denial.

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The modern world is a culture of self-delusion.

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As often as not, an inability to communicate and a capacity for self-delusion stoke the characters' misery.

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Others view wish fulfillment as a bad faith self-delusion.

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I see self-delusion as something we all do to cope with the reality of life.

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But wishing and hoping (and self-delusion) doesn't make it so.

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Luckily, not every act today subscribes to willful showbiz self-delusion, aiming for their 15 minutes.

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That combination of media self-selection and informational self-delusion has proven a powerful and sometimes damaging one for conservatives.

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