Deceive v. t. : To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to insnare.

Deceive v. t. : To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception.

Deceive v. t. : To deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud.

Example:
What are the examples that humans Deceive themselves?

Taxonomy
Deception, participants, psychologists, Psychological Experimentation, researcher, Disguise, Research, prospective participants, experiment, military deception, the experiment, Communications deception, Electronic deception, truth, conclusion, confederate, whole truth, distraction.

Defination from the web:
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