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
A mere illusion; pleasant while it lasted, painful when its illusoriness became evident.
From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Bertram Mitford
He saw well the illusoriness and unfruitfulness of such a universe as Spinoza dreamed.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 by Various
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
