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Noun: self-deception  self di'sep-shun
  1. A misconception that is favourable to the person who holds it
    "His belief in his own invincibility was a dangerous self-deception";
    - self-deceit

Derived forms: self-deceptions

Type of: misconception

Encyclopedia: Self-deception