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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SELF-DELUSION

n.[self and delusion. ] The delusion of one's self; or respesting one'self.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SELF-DELUSION

SELF-DELUSION Self `-de *lu "sion, n.

Defn: The act of deluding one's self, or the state of being thus deluded.

New American Oxford Dictionary

self-delusion

self-de lu sion |ˈˌsɛlf dəˈluʒən | ▶noun the action of deluding oneself; failure to recognize reality: he retreats into a world of fantasy and self-delusion.

Oxford Dictionary

self-delusion

self-delusion ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of deluding oneself; failure to recognize reality: he retreats into a world of fantasy and self-delusion.