self-deˈluded, ppl. a.
[self- 2.]
Deluded by oneself, suffering from self-delusion.
| 1766 Ld. Mansfield in Hansard's Parl. Hist. XVI. 312 What the self-deluded and self-destroyed king said deceitfully. 1784 Cowper Task iii. 316 Self-deluded nymphs and swains, Who dream they have a taste for fields and groves. 1884 Leeds Merc. 24 Oct. 4/4 He had warned the self-deluded members of the Conservative party. |
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self-deˈluder,
-deˈluding ppl. a.| 1748 Richardson Clarissa VII. xv. 61 Poor mistaken creature!—Unhappy *self-deluder! 1817 Keats Let. to Haydon May, If one be a self-deluder. 1903 Edin. Rev. Apr. 325 Impostors or at best self-deluders. |
| 1650 Baxter Saint's Rest iii. v. §2 (1651) 86 Their own *self-deluding folly. 1667 J. Flavel Saint Indeed (1673) 184 Thou self-deluding hypocrite. 1955 Bull. Atomic Sci. Apr. 168/1 It is shortsighted and self-deluding to ascribe more than a small part of Russian success to efficient espionage. 1980 D. Francis Reflex xii. 142 He was a pernicious self-deluding little egotist. |