illusory
Origin of illusory
1Other words for illusory
Other words from illusory
- il·lu·so·ri·ly, adverb
- il·lu·so·ri·ness, noun
- un·il·lu·so·ry, adjective
Words that may be confused with illusory
- elusive, illusory
Words Nearby illusory
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How to use illusory in a sentence
On issues such as vaccines, climate change and corporate taxation, a host of individual and institutional actors now seem dogmatically chained to unreason as they pursue real or illusory power.
The power of rational thinking in a world that seems unreasonable | Nick Romeo | October 8, 2021 | Washington PostFor SARS-CoV-2, herd immunity is unfortunately more illusory.
Herd immunity is almost here. But what does that mean? | John M. Barry | October 7, 2021 | Washington PostIn many senses, declaring time to be illusory was the low-hanging fruit.
Even better, there was a 1988 study that used the Kanizsa square to investigate the susceptibility of two young female cats to illusory contours.
What cats’ love of boxes and squares can tell us about their visual perception | Jennifer Ouellette | May 6, 2021 | Ars TechnicaMany recent studies have found similar effects for repetition, a phenomenon sometimes called the “illusory truth effect.”
A few simple tricks make fake news stories stick in the brain | Laura Sanders | May 4, 2021 | Science News
We still seem driven by hype, by illusory health scares and benefits, by pomp, by the new and trendy, than by taste.
However illusory the “missile gap” may have been, it is striking that a liberal icon so firmly stood for peace through strength.
The New New Left Is No New Frontier and JFK Was No Liberal | James L. Swanson, Michael F. Bishop | October 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFailing to make an omelet hardly proves that omelets are illusory if nobody has been willing to break some eggs along the way.
Partition Skepticism and the Future of the Peace Process | Avner Inbar, Assaf Sharon | September 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTEven in healthier states experts warn that the improvement could be illusory.
The reality is that it wiped out a lot of illusory gains and replaced them with a lot of illusory losses.
You Are a Terrible Investor and You Should Stop That | Megan McArdle | April 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTForcing himself to believe that he had been the victim of some kind of illusory perception, he vigorously restrained his feelings.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon BlackwoodSo these walls and appurtenances made an illusory sort of intrusion into the true vision on which he gazed.
The Secret Glory | Arthur MachenAcross the illusory positiveness of his world—immaterial, psychological, ghostly—an intermediate orb—a tangible shadow was thrown.
Under the Rose | Frederic Stewart IshamUpon closer examination of the little town we found that the first impression, gained from a distance, was illusory.
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail | Ezra MeekerHe argues briefly that the alternative systems are illusory because they refer to no 'external standard.'
The English Utilitarians, Volume I. | Leslie Stephen
British Dictionary definitions for illusory
illusive (ɪˈluːsɪv)
/ (ɪˈluːsərɪ) /
producing, produced by, or based on illusion; deceptive or unreal
usage For illusory
Derived forms of illusory
- illusorily or illusively, adverb
- illusoriness or illusiveness, noun
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