self-deception

Preposition: from

• consciousness: So this knowledge lays the groundwork for clearing confusion and self-deception from consciousness.

Converse of object

• remove: The strength of rational thinking is in the ability to examine and remove self-deception, rationalizations, and other defensive mental maneuvers.
• involve: If there is to be a " noble lie " , it is also to involve the willful self-deception of the liars.
• expose: Jesus pulls no punches in this letter and exposes any self-deception that the church has.
• avoid: They are even essential as means of cross-checking and avoiding self-deception.
• practice: Yet he has already practiced self-deception, albeit unconsciously.

Adjective modifier

• supreme: It is the supreme self-deception, and the word Jesus himself uses for it is hypocrisy.
• pure: Skeptics reply that there is not a shred of evidence there is a God, so to believe in one is pure self-deception.
• human: The idea that an object is capable of deception is typical of human self-deception.
• own: Many of his characters are people who find themselves in crisis, beginning to realize the extent of their own self-deceptions.