self-deluded

adjective

self-de·​lud·​ed ˌself-di-ˈlü-dəd 

-dē-

: deluded by oneself or having deluded beliefs concerning oneself

I believe in second chances and people changing. I also believe in not being naive and self-deluded.

—Emily Yoffe

There is only one reason to reject an accomplished singer in favour of a self-deluded no-hoper: because the comedic public humiliation of the worst applicants makes good television.

—Neil McCormick

also : characteristic of one who is self-deluded

self-deluded beliefs

Examples of self-deluded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As a narrator, Jane is somehow clear-headed and self-deluded at the same time, the perfect brat POV. —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 16 July 2024

Her routine has its roots in France, Shelly tells her daughter (Billie Lourd), sounding self-deluded. —Peter Debruge, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024

Many fathers and sons are present here, including Qaddafi’s slick and self-deluded son Saif al-Islam al-Qaddafi, who in 2010 approached Matar in London with dubious promises of information and friendship. —Robert F. Worth, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1642, in the meaning defined above