fooling yourself
- self-deceptionConvincing yourself of falsehoods
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
- rationalizeExplain with invented reasons
pretend · blind · wishful · lie · excuse · ignore · convince · fantasy · naive · stubborn · ego · mask · justify · believe · hide · truth · mirror · reality
self-awareness and honesty
fooling yourselfself-awareness
Insight into one's psyche
self-knowledge · clear-eyed · brutal honesty · lucidity · introspection
epistemic orientation
fooling yourselffacing facts
Acknowledging uncomfortable truths
intellectual honesty · truth-seeking · critical thinking · objectivity · clear thinking
self-perception accuracy
fooling yourselfself-awareness
Insight into one's psyche
clear-eyed · lucid · realistic · grounded · eyes wide open