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  • n  a misconception that is favorable to the person who holds it

  • Yet during the 2000 campaign, he was startled at Bush's ability at self-deception.
  • Bush's talent for self-deception extends to domestic and economic policy.
  • Thinking I would give self-deception one more shot, I tried to convince myself that dbs isn't really brain surgery.

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