delusive
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de·lu·sive
(dĭ-lū'sĭv) 
adj.
delusiveness de·lu'sive·ness n.
adj.
- Tending to delude.
- Having the nature of a delusion; false: a delusive faith in a wonder drug.
delusiveness de·lu'sive·ness n.
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delusive
adjective
- Tending to deceive; of the nature of an illusion: delusory, illusive, illusory. See real/imaginary.
- Tending to lead one into error: deceptive, delusory, fallacious, illusive, illusory, misleading. See honest/dishonest, real/imaginary.
- 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.
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delusive
adj
Definition: deceptive
Antonyms: actual, certain, factual, honest, real, truthful
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