illusory

(ĭ-lū'sə-rē, -zə-rē)
adj.
Produced by, based on, or having the nature of an illusion; deceptive: "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" (Tom Wicker).

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adjective

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

IN BRIEF: Deceiving, false.

There is an untroubled harmony in everything, a full consonance in nature; only in our illusory freedom do we feel at variance with it. — Fyodor Tyutchev (1803-1873), Russian poet.

Tutor's tip: By one "elusory" (evasive) remark his companion was convinced the "illusory" (deceptive or based on illusion) scene was real.

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• Falsehood, Pretense, and Exaggeration - illusory: (adj) deceptive; producing illusion

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See words rhyming with "illusory."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - illusorisk, skuffende

Nederlands (Dutch)
bedrieglijk

Français (French)
adj. - illusoire, trompeur

Deutsch (German)
adj. - illusorisch, trügerisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - απατηλός, φανταστικός

Italiano (Italian)
illusorio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ilusório

Русский (Russian)
обманчивый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ilusorio

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - illusorisk, bedräglig, falsk, skenbar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
产生幻觉的, 错觉的, 幻影的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 產生幻覺的, 錯覺的, 幻影的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 환영의, 사람을 매혹하는, 가공의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 錯覚に基づく, 紛らわしい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مخادع, مضلل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮משלה, כוזב, מתעה‬

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