illusory
IPA: ɪɫˈusɝi
adjective
- Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.
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Examples of "illusory" in Sentences
- The apparent stability is illusory.
- Illusive is the adjective form of illusory.
- The alleged inequity in the decision is illusory.
- Humanism was crushed in the name of the illusory law.
- But the pretensions of the government were largely illusory.
- A classic example of illusory contours is the Kanizsa triangle.
- Humanism was crushed in the name of the illusory supremacy of caste.
- In short, the license is no license at all, and the promise is illusory.
- It is abundantly clear the rule of law and freedom of expression are illusory.
- Illusory correlation as an obstacle to the use of valid psychodiagnostic signs.
- As I recall, we could hear him smacking his lips in illusory ecstasy, even from the back seat.
- "At the end of the day, there is a short-term illusory benefit from having fewer shares in issue."
- If we give up some short-term illusory growth as a side effect of curtailing their activities, this is a small price to pay.
- Trevelyan masterfully depicts Marlborough's campaigns, but in illusory power it is doubtful that Churchill's historic battle scenes can be surpassed.
- Instead of entering into an intermediate state, the yogi rises from the death state in what we call an illusory body, in place of the intermediate state.
- And the SEC says Dell consistently misrepresented how it has generated consistent growth numbers resulting in illusory stock values that made possible Michael Dell's astronomical stock option gains.
- Another word in Professor Daly's lexicon is "foreground," which she defines as the illusory reality established over the centuries within a male-dominated, hierarchical culture bent on destroying women, animals and the earth.