Delude
verb
To trick or fool someone into believing something that is not true.
The company deluded customers by promoting a product they knew was defective.
Often appears as...
- delude oneself
- delude someone into
verb
To trick or fool someone into believing something that is not true.
The company deluded customers by promoting a product they knew was defective.
Often appears as...
- delude oneself
- delude someone into
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Self-Deception
When 'delude oneself' is used, it indicates that a person is refusing to accept the truth about a situation or themselves.
He's deluding himself if he thinks he's getting that promotion without any effort.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Delude' often implies a sense of dishonesty or manipulation and is used in negative contexts.
Scammers delude people into giving away personal information.
Pro Tip 3/3Intentional Deception
Use 'delude' to emphasize the intentional aspect of deceiving someone, rather than accidental misinformation.
The spy deluded his enemies by feeding them false information.
Pro Tip 1/3Self-Deception
When 'delude oneself' is used, it indicates that a person is refusing to accept the truth about a situation or themselves.
He's deluding himself if he thinks he's getting that promotion without any effort.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Delude' often implies a sense of dishonesty or manipulation and is used in negative contexts.
Scammers delude people into giving away personal information.
Pro Tip 3/3Intentional Deception
Use 'delude' to emphasize the intentional aspect of deceiving someone, rather than accidental misinformation.
The spy deluded his enemies by feeding them false information.
Pro Tip 1/3Self-Deception
When 'delude oneself' is used, it indicates that a person is refusing to accept the truth about a situation or themselves.
He's deluding himself if he thinks he's getting that promotion without any effort.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Delude' often implies a sense of dishonesty or manipulation and is used in negative contexts.
Scammers delude people into giving away personal information.
Pro Tip 3/3Intentional Deception
Use 'delude' to emphasize the intentional aspect of deceiving someone, rather than accidental misinformation.
The spy deluded his enemies by feeding them false information.
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Militant atheism PIPE...
I think they're right about one thing. I think they're right that evolution is fundamentally hostile to religion. I've already said that many individual evolutionists, like the Pope, are also religious, but I think they're deluding themselves. I believe a true understanding of Darwinism
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Teeth Chiseling PIPE...
is a young mother and wife of the village chief in the old days she would have endured tooth toiling at puberty but the same outside influences that brought t-shirts and cigarettes to the tribe deluded men Hawaiian customs which once even included head honey
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Why the universe seems...
it's hardly surprising the same modeling software often seizes control when we're trying to think about entities for which it's not appropriate, like Basil Fawlty with his car or like millions of deluded people, with the universe as a whole.
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Rethink how you think...
are in to the self-help industry you will know that there are two individual advantages of being overconfident number one it does feel good to think you're great even if you're deluded number two that
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Teeth Chiseling PIPE...
have endured tooth filing at puberty but the same outside influences that brought t-shirts and cigarettes to the tribe deluded men Hawaiian customs which once even included head honey
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Teeth Chiseling PIPE...
have endured tooth filing at purity but the same outside influences that brought t-shirts and cigarettes to the tribe deluded men Hawaiian customs which once even included hid honey
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Colin Grant: The son of...
This could be an instrument of repair. And I even began to feel that this book may be perceived by my father as an act of filial devotion. Poor, deluded fool.
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Janine di Giovanni: What...
And there, sadly, will always be wars. And I am deluding myself if I think, as a journalist, as a reporter, as a writer, what I do can stop them. I can't.
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How we could change the...
far away, with all of modern life a fortress against its forces. In other words, like just about everybody I knew, I lived my life complacent and deluded
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An ode to the millennial...
um this is a message for my generation or actually realistically it's just a message from me who's deluded enough to
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Militant atheism PIPE...
I think they're right about one thing. I think they're right that evolution is fundamentally hostile to religion. I've already said that many individual evolutionists, like the Pope, are also religious, but I think they're deluding themselves. I believe a true understanding of Darwinism
Video examples
Teeth Chiseling PIPE...
is a young mother and wife of the village chief in the old days she would have endured tooth toiling at puberty but the same outside influences that brought t-shirts and cigarettes to the tribe deluded men Hawaiian customs which once even included head honey
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Why the universe seems...
it's hardly surprising the same modeling software often seizes control when we're trying to think about entities for which it's not appropriate, like Basil Fawlty with his car or like millions of deluded people, with the universe as a whole.
Video examples
Rethink how you think...
are in to the self-help industry you will know that there are two individual advantages of being overconfident number one it does feel good to think you're great even if you're deluded number two that
Video examples
Teeth Chiseling PIPE...
have endured tooth filing at puberty but the same outside influences that brought t-shirts and cigarettes to the tribe deluded men Hawaiian customs which once even included head honey
Video examples
Teeth Chiseling PIPE...
have endured tooth filing at purity but the same outside influences that brought t-shirts and cigarettes to the tribe deluded men Hawaiian customs which once even included hid honey
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Colin Grant: The son of...
This could be an instrument of repair. And I even began to feel that this book may be perceived by my father as an act of filial devotion. Poor, deluded fool.
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Janine di Giovanni: What...
And there, sadly, will always be wars. And I am deluding myself if I think, as a journalist, as a reporter, as a writer, what I do can stop them. I can't.
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How we could change the...
far away, with all of modern life a fortress against its forces. In other words, like just about everybody I knew, I lived my life complacent and deluded
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An ode to the millennial...
um this is a message for my generation or actually realistically it's just a message from me who's deluded enough to
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George T. Conway III
American Lawyer
Extreme narcissists exaggerate their achievements and talents, and so Trump has spent his life building up a false image of himself - not just for others, but for himself, to protect his deeply fragile ego. He lies endlessly, not just in the way sociopaths do, which is to con others, but also to delude himself.
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Amy Poehler
American Comedian
I have to say I enjoy physical comedy and I've always loved to kind of take risks. I don't like worrying too much about how I look or how I come across, so that can sometimes... You know, I like to play those kinds of deluded but fun characters.
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Glenda Jackson
British Actress
I've always said the first duty of life is to live it, and I do believe that. And we delude ourselves if we think it's not going to end. How we individually meet that, I think, is entirely individual.
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Bob Newhart
American Comedian
I certainly don't delude myself that there aren't certainly more important things to do in life than make people laugh, but I can't imagine anything that would bring me more joy.
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James Bovard
Author
Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.
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Bodhidharma
Indian Leader
People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seeking.
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Andrew Jackson
American President
Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted.
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Jane Wagner
American Comedian
The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.
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Huey Lewis
American Musician
I am deluded enough to think I can bring something to the table.
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Henry A. Wallace
American Vice President
The myth of fascist efficiency has deluded many people.
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George T. Conway III
American Lawyer
Extreme narcissists exaggerate their achievements and talents, and so Trump has spent his life building up a false image of himself - not just for others, but for himself, to protect his deeply fragile ego. He lies endlessly, not just in the way sociopaths do, which is to con others, but also to delude himself.
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Amy Poehler
American Comedian
I have to say I enjoy physical comedy and I've always loved to kind of take risks. I don't like worrying too much about how I look or how I come across, so that can sometimes... You know, I like to play those kinds of deluded but fun characters.
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Glenda Jackson
British Actress
I've always said the first duty of life is to live it, and I do believe that. And we delude ourselves if we think it's not going to end. How we individually meet that, I think, is entirely individual.
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Bob Newhart
American Comedian
I certainly don't delude myself that there aren't certainly more important things to do in life than make people laugh, but I can't imagine anything that would bring me more joy.
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James Bovard
Author
Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.
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Bodhidharma
Indian Leader
People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seeking.
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Andrew Jackson
American President
Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted.
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Jane Wagner
American Comedian
The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.
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Huey Lewis
American Musician
I am deluded enough to think I can bring something to the table.
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Henry A. Wallace
American Vice President
The myth of fascist efficiency has deluded many people.
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