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Illusory

Illusory Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Illusory? [adj] based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Illusory: illusive \| unreal Related Terms \| Find terms related to Illusory: aberrant \| abroad \| adrift \| air-built \| airy \| all abroad \| all off \| all wrong \| amiss \| apparent \| apparitional \| askew \| astray \| at fault \| autistic \| awry \| Barmecidal \| Barmecide \| beguiling \| beside the mark \| bewitching \| catchy \| charming \| chimeric \| chimerical \| Circean \| cloud-built \| corrupt \| deceiving \| deceptive \| defective \| delusional \| delusionary \| delusive \| delusory \| dereistic \| deviant \| deviational \| deviative \| distorted \| dreamlike \| dreamy \| dubious \| enchanting \| entrancing \| errant \| erring \| erroneous \| ethereal \| fallacious \| false \| fancied \| fanciful \| fantastic \| fascinating \| fatuitous \| fatuous \| faultful \| faulty \| fictional \| fictive \| fishy \| flawed \| gaseous \| glamorous \| gossamery \| hallucinatory \| heretical \| heterodox \| illogical \| illusional \| illusionary \| illusive \| imaginary \| imaginational \| imagined \| immaterial \| merely nominal \| misleading \| mistaken \| nonexistent \| not real \| not right \| not true \| notional \| off \| off the track \| ostensible \| out \| peccant \| perverse \| perverted \| phantasmagoric \| phantasmal \| phantom \| phantomlike \| questionable \| rarefied \| seeming \| self-contradictory \| self-deceptive \| self-deluding \| shadowy \| specious \| spectral \| spellbinding \| spirituous \| straying \| subtile \| subtle \| supposititious \| tenuous \| trickish \| tricksy \| tricky \| unactual \| unfactual \| unfounded \| unorthodox \| unproved \| unreal \| unrealistic \| unsubstantial \| untrue \| vaporous \| visional \| visionary \| wide \| windy \| witching \| wrong See Also \| Illusory In Webster's Dictionary \Illu"sory\, a. [Cf. F. illusore.] Deceiving, or tending of deceive; fallacious; illusive; as, illusory promises or hopes.

Illusory Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Illusory?

[adj] based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Illusory: illusive | unreal

See Also |

Illusory In Webster's Dictionary

\Il*lu"so*ry\, a. [Cf. F. illusore.]
Deceiving, or tending of deceive; fallacious; illusive; as,
illusory promises or hopes.

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