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Help - what is the perfect word for someone who has fallen into the trap of believing their own hype? TY
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Not sure if you'll be happy with it, but 'self-delusion' comes to mind, tagvail. There are many ways of conveying the phrase you're talking about, but those too are phrases.
Your use of 'hype' in this case not only seems to imply excessive or exaggerated publicity, but misleading information or even outright deception (of oneself) through publicity.
The film 'The Great White Hype' has an excellent example of this, btw. S.L. Jackson says something like
'You're starting to believe your own bullshit!'
Will that do?
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A classic putdown from many years ago, a friend said to George Gershwin "Tell me, George, if you had to do it all over again, would you still fall in love with yourself?"
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self deluding: Hypenotist? 
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how about mythomanic? atomica defines mythomania simply as
a compulsion to embroider the truth, engage in exaggeration, or tell lies...but another source further contends that a mythomaniac *believes* in his/her own fabrications.
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Perhaps a relative of Baron Von Munchausen?(sp?) Or a megalomanic? And don't forget the great line, "He's a legend in his own mind!"
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"hypenotist" Mav's suggestion is excellent. But might not "autohypenotist" be a trifle better?
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autohypenotist... is a car salesman believing his own lies 
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Mythomania - what I was looking for. I'm trying to define my town - Vail, CO and the ski company. They are starting to believe their own PR/hype.
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