Is anyone really surprised by this self-deceptive tripe?.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Short Class Autobiography, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Our national self-image is acrobatically self-deceptive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jeff Dorchen: Our President's Body, Ourselves] Reference

Superfluously self-deceptive would be closer to the mark.    From Wordnik.com.  [they’re so cocky] Reference

This gives them a sense of power that can be heady, but dangerously self-deceptive.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Words Fail] Reference

One result is a habit of circumlocution that is at once adaptable and self-deceptive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Euphemism and American Violence] Reference

Do we have anything left in our arsenal except self-deceptive "resistance" and critique?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference

They all seem to be buying into a slick, self-deceptive "oh, poor me" snow job from Downey.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call] Reference

He was always mindful of human motivation often, in his view, irrational and self-deceptive.    From Wordnik.com.  [America's First Dynasty] Reference

If my anxiety, fear, or desire triggers a process that ineluctably leads me to hold the self-deceptive belief.    From Wordnik.com.  [Self-Deception] Reference

To expect anything resembling courage and integrity from this bunch is totally unrealistic and self-deceptive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Firedoglake » How Much Do Senate Democrats Like the President?] Reference

But this is my fave quote: It's self-deceptive to think we're in a postfeminist world when we never tried a feminist world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Feministing: October 2005 Archives] Reference

If a unified account is sought, then it seems self-deception cannot require that the self-deceptive belief itself be desired.    From Wordnik.com.  [Self-Deception] Reference

This is why the general analysis of the tactical trends and dispositions in Iraq right now are both deceptive and self-deceptive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stan Goff: Commanding-in-Chief] Reference

I know there were many Canadians, and a good many people outside Canada, who believed that this attitude was either hypocritical or self-deceptive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Mackenzie King and the Development of the Commonwealth of Nations] Reference

They have no incentive to adopt self-deceptive/self-protective attitudes about circumstances of oppression or to see past them with convenient blindness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Integrity] Reference

When an administrator declares that a decision is good because no one is affected adversely, that alector is either duplicitous or self-deceptive, if not both.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alector's Choice]

At least, the Witchfinders were bounded by a sort of law -- if nothing else, their self-deceptive righteousness might keep them from the baser forms of cruelty.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Silent Tower]

In general, intentionalists hold that self-deceivers are responsible, since they intend to acquire the self-deceptive belief, usually recognizing the evidence to the contrary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Self-Deception] Reference

If we think someone like Allison is self-deceived, then self-deception requires neither contradictory beliefs nor intentions regarding the acquisition or retention of the self-deceptive belief.    From Wordnik.com.  [Self-Deception] Reference

If exiting self-deception is under the guidance control of self-deceivers, then they might reasonably be blamed for persisting in their self-deceptive beliefs when they regard matters of moral significance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Self-Deception] Reference

Going through my own self-deceptive motions while living a mormon life, I found myself sometimes at night living in these fantasy dreams that would nearly convince me not to fear the consequences of my decent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Out of Mormonism. | Mind on Fire] Reference

When self-deceivers induce ignorance of moral obligations, of the particular circumstances, of likely consequences of actions, or of their own engagements, by means of their self-deceptive beliefs, they are culpable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Self-Deception] Reference

But money ranks up there with fame as a self-deceptive shield.    From Wordnik.com.  [HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News] Reference

The focus on credit quality (subprime, etc.) is misplaced and self-deceptive.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

It is true there is always something deceptive, self-deceptive, in our travel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uncollected Prose] Reference

It is a world that represents human sinfulness in its most self-deceptive form.    From Wordnik.com.  [AlbertMohler.com – Blog] Reference

So the word "religious" had something in it repellent, sickly, and self-deceptive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Together] Reference

For more about American self-deceptive support of Zionism masquerading as news, see Alison Weirs's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Israel Palestine Blogs] Reference

Or, hang on, maybe I'm just imagining you through some sort of sad, lonely, self-deceptive cyberwish.    From Wordnik.com.  [TPN :: GDay World] Reference

The tortuous, underhand curve of it now and then looked like the self-deceptive work of lunatic cunning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sally of Missouri] Reference

The story is all about the desperate, paradoxical, and necessarily self-deceptive quest for literary distinction.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Valve] Reference

˜selectivity problem ', since it isn't clear why some intentions to acquire a self-deceptive belief succeed while others do not.    From Wordnik.com.  [Self-Deception] Reference

In short, it is a dangerous and ultimately self-deceptive game to pretend to absolute originality when playing in someone else’s creation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Does it make a difference when authors step into another’s shoes?] Reference

“In short, it is a dangerous and ultimately self-deceptive game to pretend to absolute originality when playing in someone else’s creation.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Does it make a difference when authors step into another’s shoes?] Reference

It’s the type of self-deceptive statements that Lieberman makes and you are parroting that initially made us want to give Joe the benefit of the doubt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Firedoglake » Bush’s Favorite Democrat Comes Out Swinging] Reference

Having integrity may be consistent with ” may even require ” self-deceptive strategies to maintain one's equilibrium in the face of conflicts and obstacles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Integrity] Reference

People in Morocco are self-deceptive at best.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Voices in English » Morocco: Changing Nothing and Everything] Reference

There’s nothing more self-deceptive than this.    From Wordnik.com.  [Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior - Shantideva ��� 4. Taking Care (about Bodhichitta)] Reference