illusory

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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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