SELF-DECEPTION    自欺

CHEAT ONESELF.
Modern Chinese Criteria
自欺 is the current modern word for self-deceit. 掩耳盜鈴 (prov) is a current traditional idiomatic way of referring to self-deceit. 掩目捕雀 (prov) is a traditional way of referring to self-deceit. rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • CHEAT　CRIME of CAUSING OTHERS TO BELIEVE to be TRUE what one KNOWS is NOT TRUE AND TYPICALLY to CAUSE THEM THEREFORE TO SUFFER DAMAGE. (anc: 13/0, child: 2)
  • CRIME　WICKED ACT OFFENDING INTENSELY against an IMPORTANT LAW. (anc: 12/0, child: 2)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 9.539

    SELBSTTAEUSCHUNG

    • Words (1 items)

    自詿誤  zì guà wù OC: sblids kʷrees ŋʷaas MC: dzi kɣɛ ŋuo̝ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiself-deception