illusional
- adjective
- /ɪˈluːʒənl/
- Her view of the world was illusional, shaped more by dreams than by reality.
Examples
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Well, that sounds like an illusional meta-physious, spectro-mian.
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Police academies have used illusional targets for shooting range practice for years.
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Your fourth-dimensional reality begins to crumble, and your illusional world becomes distorted and confusing.
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She'll probably have on a trench coat, sunglasses and a cool hat, and she's underneath the stage making her transition, and we're just gonna have some illusional fun with the audience, keeping Hannah alive for as long as we can while we're grabbing some important seconds.
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The magician created an illusional spectacle that left the audience in awe.
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Some people live in an illusional state, believing they can achieve the impossible without hard work.
Synonyms
Seeming to be real but not really there
Appearing real but trying to trick your mind
Looking like a ghost and seeming unreal
Appearing real but not actually true
Giving a false idea that makes people believe something untrue
Having a quality like a dream or a ghost that seems unreal
Antonyms
How Illusory
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word illusional comes from illusion, which comes from the old word ludere meaning 'to play' or 'to mock'. So an illusional experience 'plays' with your senses and makes you believe something that is 'not real'.