delusory
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9.1
- adjective
- /dɪˈluːzəri/
:
ilusorio
- The advertisement created a delusory image of the product that misled many consumers.
Examples
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It is delusory to think that money can buy happiness.
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As for the students, it would be delusory to attempt to enumerate them.
Academic text (2003) -
('Win/lose' is actually an interestingly delusory form of 'lose/lose' by the way.)
Blog text (4) -
Ultimately, a life based on the pursuit of material enjoyment is delusory, for it defeats the very thing it purports to deliver, namely, happiness.
Academic text (2005) -
Some celebrity autobiographers forestall the reader's envy by offering escapism packaged in a delusory aura of egalitarian good faith.
Academic text (1997) -
Further, when she calls herself "Dr. Foster's daughter" at the wedding and "daddy's daughter" at the dinner table, she deprives him of his delusory "ownership" of her and erodes his self-respect and masculinity.
Academic text (1997) -
His delusory beliefs about his abilities led him to take unnecessary risks.
Synonyms
220
5.3
Trying to seem real to deceive people
156
7.9
Believing things that are not true
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5.3
Appearing true but making someone believe something that is not true
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7.0
Seeming to be real but not really there
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7.7
Appearing real but trying to trick your mind
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8.0
Giving a false idea that something is true
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8.1
Making something seem true when it is not
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8.2
Appearing real but not actually true
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9.4
Appearing real when it is not
Antonyms
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word delusory comes from the Latin parts de- 'away' and ludere 'to play', and it shares the same root as the English word delude. Think of a 'play' or trick that makes something seem real when it is not, so delusory means giving a false or misleading impression.