Meaning & use
deluding
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Deceiving someone, or oneself, into believing something false.
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He was deluding himself into thinking the business would recover.
Advertisers are sometimes accused of deluding consumers with exaggerated claims.
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Present participle of 'delude,' closely related to 'delusion,' a false belief held despite contrary evidence.
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deceivingmisleading
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