How to Use self-delusion in a Sentence

self-delusion

noun
  • Some of this may come from self-delusion.
    — Tommy Foltz, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
  • This kind of self-delusion is a good thing.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
  • But a little self-delusion is half the fun and, in many cases, the only way the work ever gets started.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Huang’s comments may one day be remembered as the peak of the AI bubble—the classic moment that occurs in every bubble when hubris and self-delusion overtake common sense.
    — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Werther, in his self-delusion, embodies another Goethean type, the longing man—ordinary, but convinced of the extraordinariness of his feelings.
    — Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Such lack of vision — or ample self-delusion — propelled Americans to disaster in Iraq, even with some competent advisers in the White House.
    — Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The scene holds humor, tension, resentment, backstory, shifting alliances, self-delusion, choreography of bodies, and the revelation of interior truths.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
  • If Miller made Willy the embodiment of self-delusion, and Biff the defiant, angry forsaking of those delusions, Linda is compassion as byproduct of insight.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026

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