delude

These people have deluded themselves for so long that they really don't think I'm human.
Ces gens se sont trompés depuis si longtemps qu'ils ne pensent vraiment pas que je suis humain.
Instead of accepting that 'no' means 'no', the political elite have deluded themselves that the French and Dutch people did not base their 'no' votes on sensible and educated grounds.
Au lieu d'accepter que non c'est non, l'élite politique s'est convaincue que les votes négatifs des peuples français et néerlandais ne reposaient pas sur des motifs rationnels et dénotaient un manque de culture politique.
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