illusory

CEFRC1

/ɪˈluː.sə.ɹiː/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Appearing real or true but actually false.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.

Examples

  • From the stuff of dreams, the mind makes egos, fragile and illusory constructions.

  • My religion is work and science, everything else is illusory.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /-zə.ɹiː/
  • /ɪˈlʉː.sə.ɹiː/

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In context

  • The difference between being and non-being is illusory.

  • The invalidity of a cognition is the otherwiseness of its object, and is known by a sublating cognition. The illusory cognition of silver knows illusory silver, but does not know its otherwiseness.

  • Yet for this new womanosphere, the response is not advancing policies like paid family leave or affordable childcare, but to return to an idealized, illusory past where being a wife and mother was viewed as a woman’s sole purpose.

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Origin

adjective

Borrowed from Middle French illusorie (modern French illusoire), derived from Latin illūsōrius (“mocking, ironical”).