self-lie

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A lie told to oneself. rare
    — And there comes even to the thinker an hour when he believes at last, that never will he be a social star nor great in anything but his thoughts, and he becomes resigned, which means convinced of the truth of the self-lie that all the lonely days he has been telling.

词形变化

self-lies plural

词源

From self- + lie.
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