Delude 1100 Words You Need Week 22 Day 4

Delude 1100 Words You Need

Delude 1100 Words You Need

/dɪˈluːd/ (verb)

to make someone believe something that is not true, deceive, guile, mislead, cheat, con, fool, trick, dupe, pull the wool over someone’s eyes

They’re not necessarily more unhappy because they secretly know the truth. Here’s an example: somebody is super deluded about their singing ability. They’re a pre-med student and going to quit their pre-med program to audition for The Voice, but they don’t make it past the first round. They feel horrible. They’ve changed the course of their life for this and it wasn’t a good choice.

I have a question about language. If someone thinks they’re good at something when they’re not, we say they’re “not self-aware.” But if they’re deluded in the other direction and think they’re worse than they are, we don’t say they’re “not self-aware,” we say they’re “insecure.” Why the difference? Are the insecure people also not self-aware?

Source: https://www.theverge.com/

Noun: delusion

Adjective: deluded

Farsi: فريب دادن ، اغفال کردن