self-deception (noun) delusion: misconception, misbelief
Detalii: allusion is an 'indirect mention,' illusion is 'false impression,' and delusion is 'deception' which is much stronger than illusionhallucination is from disturbed sensory perceptions; delusion is from disturbed thinkingan illusion is an image or conception of something actual or real that presents itself to the mind in an abnormal or distorted manner; a delusion is a false belief about oneself or other people that persists despite its being at variance with the facts
Sinonime: apparition,
blunder, casuistry,
chicanery,
daydream,
deception, deceptiveness,
dream, eidolon,
error,
fallacy, false impression,
fancy,
fantasy, figment, fool's paradise,
ghost,
hallucination, head trip, ignis fatuus,
illusion,
lapse,
mirage, misapprehension,
mistake, optical illusion,
oversight,
phantasm,
phantom, pipe dream, self-deception,
shade, speciousness, spuriousness, trickery,
trip,
visionAntonime: actuality,
certainty,
fact,
reality, surety,
truth