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[ ih-loo-suh-ree, -zuh- ] / ɪˈlu sə ri, -zə- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR illusory ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecausing illusion; deceptive; misleading. of the nature of an illusion; unreal. Origin of illusory1590–1600; <Late Latin illūsōrius, equivalent to illūd(ere) to mock, ridicule (see illusion) + -tōrius-tory1 SYNONYMS FOR illusory1 fallacious, specious, false. 2 imaginary; visionary, fancied. SEE SYNONYMS FOR illusory ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM illusoryil·lu·so·ri·ly, adverbil·lu·so·ri·ness, nounun·il·lu·so·ry, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH illusoryelusive, illusory Words nearby illusoryillusion, illusionary, illusionism, illusionist, illusive, illusory, illust., illustrate, illustrated, illustration, illustrational Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for illusoryWe still seem driven by hype, by illusory health scares and benefits, by pomp, by the new and trendy, than by taste. This Book Will Change the Way You Eat|Lucas Wittmann|December 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST Failing to make an omelet hardly proves that omelets are illusory if nobody has been willing to break some eggs along the way. Partition Skepticism and the Future of the Peace Process|Avner Inbar, Assaf Sharon|September 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST Even in healthier states experts warn that the improvement could be illusory. States Battle for Business|CNBC|July 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST The reality is that it wiped out a lot of illusory gains and replaced them with a lot of illusory losses. You Are a Terrible Investor and You Should Stop That|Megan McArdle|April 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Bush Doctrine recognized the pitfalls of condoning authoritarian governance in exchange for an illusory promise of stability. Was the Iraq War Worth It?|Justin Green|March 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST Negotiations destined to be as spectral and fleeting as the campaign had been illusory now began. The Life of John of Barneveld, 1609-15, Volume I.|John Lothrop Motley Either they are altogether empty and illusory, or such unlimited validity must be granted to them. A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'|Norman Kemp Smith One could easily take it to be a yard or so long, so illusory and deceptive are our impressions. Thunder and Lightning|Camille Flammarion Its speculation can no longer be stigmatized as vaticination in vacuo, nor its results as illusory. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8|Various This we cannot determine till we have investigated the nature and origin of illusory error.
British Dictionary definitions for illusoryillusoryillusive (ɪˈluːsɪv)
adjectiveproducing, produced by, or based on illusion; deceptive or unreal Derived forms of illusoryillusorily or illusively, adverbillusoriness or illusiveness, nounusage for illusoryIllusive is sometimes wrongly used where elusive is meant: they fought hard, but victory remained elusive (not illusive) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to illusoryhallucinatory, whimsical, unreal, misleading, false, apparent, chimerical, deceitful, delusive, fallacious, fanciful, fantastic, fictitious, float, ideal, illusive, imaginary, mistaken, ostensible, pipe dream |