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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The act of deluding oneself, or the state of being so deluded..
This self-delusion is even more the case with Trotsky, whose bloodstained intolerance is generally passed over because the 1960s student generation pretended then, and pretends still, that Trotsky was in some way a freedom-loving, Gulag-free alternative to Stalin.
Use self-delusion when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Self-delusion means The act of deluding oneself, or the state of being so deluded..
Common synonyms include self-deception.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This self-delusion is even more the case with Trotsky, whose bloodstained intolerance is generally passed over because the 1960s student generation pretended then, and pretends still, that Trotsky was in some way a freedom-loving, Gulag-free alternative to Stalin.
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