# die Lebenslüge

die Lebenslüge is a German noun meaning “self-delusion”. Forms: der Lebenslüge, die Lebenslügen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Lebenslüge
- Plural: die Lebenslügen

## Meanings

1. self-delusion, self-deception, lived lie, (rare) life lie (a delusion that is at the core of how a person or a group see themselves and that is part of their identity)
   - Gregers. Herr Doktor, ich ruhe nicht, bis ich Hjalmar aus Ihren Klauen befreit habe. Relling. Das wäre für ihn das größte Unglück. Nehmen Sie einem Durchschnittsmenschen die Lebenslüge, und Sie nehmen ihm zu gleicher Zeit das Glück. — Gregers. Doctor, I will not rest until I have freed Hjalmar from your claws. Relling. That would be the greatest misfortune for him. If you take from an average person the lie they are living, you at the same time take away their happiness.

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