illusory
Origin of illusory
Synonyms for illusory
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hallucinatory, whimsical, unreal, misleading, false, apparent, chimerical, deceitful, delusive, fallacious, fanciful, fantastic, fictitious, float, ideal, illusive, imaginary, mistaken, ostensible, seemingExamples from the Web for illusory
Contemporary Examples of illusory
We still seem driven by hype, by illusory health scares and benefits, by pomp, by the new and trendy, than by taste.
Failing to make an omelet hardly proves that omelets are illusory if nobody has been willing to break some eggs along the way.
Even 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.
The Bush Doctrine recognized the pitfalls of condoning authoritarian governance in exchange for an illusory promise of stability.
Historical Examples of illusory
It may be remote, it may be hidden by centuries of illusory nationality, but it must be there.
Mountain MeditationsL. Lind-af-Hageby
The fog was making the kind of dimness that has a curious, illusory character.
The Million-Dollar SuitcaseAlice MacGowan
The illusory connection of some insipid narrative is only delusive.
The Aural SystemAnonymous
The curative effect on bodily disabilities is thus often an illusory one.
PsychotherapyHugo Mnsterberg
Its garments too glistened so much the brighter with an illusory magnificence.
illusory
illusive (ɪˈluːsɪv)
- producing, produced by, or based on illusion; deceptive or unreal