Self-deluded
Definition
Having deluded oneself, feeding on empty illusions or accepting a false situation as true in order to avoid facing a painful or uncomfortable reality; gripped by a harmful self-deception or a persistent illusion.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Self-deluded
- Self-deceived
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Variable adjective with standard masculine, feminine, and structural plural variations in Romanian declension. |
| Formation | Past participle of the reflexive verb 'autoamăgi', structurally stabilized as a descriptive adjective. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.u.to.a.mə.ˈd͡ʒit] |
| Source | Lexicon of Behavioral Sciences and Morphological Adjective Patterns |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Omul autoamăgit refuză să accepte dovezile clare ale eșecului, preferând să creadă într-o minune.
EN: The self-deluded man refuses to accept the clear evidence of failure, preferring to believe in a miracle.
RO: Ea a privit în urmă cu regret, realizând cât de autoamăgită fusese în toți acei ani de relație toxică.
EN: She looked back with regret, realizing how self-deceived she had been during all those years of a toxic relationship.
RO: Un manager autoamăgit de cifrele de vânzări artificiale riscă să ducă întreaga companie spre faliment.
EN: A manager self-deluded by artificial sales figures risks driving the entire company toward bankruptcy.
Idioms & Phrases
Individ autoamăgit / Self-deluded individual
RO: Persoană care respinge argumentele logice sau faptele obiective pentru a-și păstra un confort psihologic fragil.
EN: A person who rejects logical arguments or objective facts to maintain a fragile psychological comfort.
Suflet autoamăgit / Self-deceived soul
RO: Exprimare literară sau metaforică pentru cineva care caută cu disperare speranța în promisiuni evident false.
EN: A literary or metaphorical expression for someone desperately seeking hope in obviously false promises.
Atitudine de om autoamăgit / Attitude of a self-deluded person
RO: Comportament caracterizat prin ignorarea sistematică a avertismentelor și cultivarea unor scenarii utopice.
EN: Behavior characterized by the systematic ignoring of warnings and the cultivation of utopian scenarios.
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