illusory
adjective
causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
illusoriness
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a word derived from
illusory.
Example Sentences
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“Fluidity, mobility, illusoriness — these are precisely the qualities that make us civilized,” Ms. Tokarczuk writes.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2018
The failure of the marriage becomes a metaphor for the illusoriness of the American dream.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2013
Our task is to assert, first, then, the "otherness" of man, his difference from Nature, to point out the illusoriness of her phenomena for him, the derived reality and secondary value of her facts.
From Preaching and Paganism by Albert Parker Fitch
The secret of the illusoriness is in the necessity of a succession of moods or objects.
From Essays — Second Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson
That which is brought home to him is the illusoriness and hollowness of things when taken in the spirit of active endeavor.
From The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry
