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delusive

 
(dĭ-lū'sĭv) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Tending to delude.
  2. Having the nature of a delusion; false: a delusive faith in a wonder drug.
delusively de·lu'sive·ly adv.
delusiveness de·lu'sive·ness n.

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  1. Tending to deceive; of the nature of an illusion: delusory, illusive, illusory. See real/imaginary.
  2. Tending to lead one into error: deceptive, delusory, fallacious, illusive, illusory, misleading. See honest/dishonest, real/imaginary.
  3. Of, relating to, or in the nature of an illusion; lacking reality: chimeric, chimerical, delusory, dreamlike, hallucinatory, illusive, illusory, phantasmagoric, phantasmal, phantasmic, visionary. See real/imaginary.


adj

Definition: deceptive
Antonyms: actual, certain, factual, honest, real, truthful

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