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[ adjective ] based on or having the nature of an illusion

Synonyms

illusive

Examples

"illusive hopes of finding a better job" "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate"

Used in print

(William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)

In doing so science has unquestionably cleared_up widespread misconceptions , removed extraneous and illusory sources of fear , and dispelled many undesirable popular superstitions .

Related terms

unreal

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