levensleugen

Dutch

Etymology

From leven +‎ -s- +‎ leugen, calque of Danish livsløgn (coined by Ibsen in his 1884 play Vildanden).

Noun

levensleugen c (plural levensleugens, diminutive levensleugentje n)

1. grand lie, grand delusion, sustained (self-)delusion, lived lie