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Self-deception
Nature
Getting oneself to believe something one does not believe.
Broader
Deception
Avoidance of reality
Narrower
Official self-deception
Self-destructive excuses
Unrealistically positive self-assessment
Related
Mutual deceits
Intellectual prejudice
Aggravates
Living a lie
Co-dependency
Token humanitarian intervention
Aggravated by
Objectivism
Academic self-promotion
Strategy(ies)
Practicing self-deception
Reference(s)
Steffen, Lloyd H: Self-Deception and the Common Life
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems