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chimera(noun, fancy, fantasy, dream, ambition)
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circumvention
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compensation
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conning
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credulity
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credulousness
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daydreaming
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decompensation
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defense mechanism
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defrauding
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delusiveness
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dereism
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dereistic thinking
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displacement
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dissociation
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dotage
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dupery
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ease of belief(expression, idiom)
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emotional insulation
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enmeshment
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