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illusional

illusional

1 9.4
Appearing real when it is not
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈluːʒənl/
translation icon : ilusorio
  • Her view of the world was illusional, shaped more by dreams than by reality.

Examples

  • Well, that sounds like an illusional meta-physious, spectro-mian.

  • 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.

  • The magician created an illusional spectacle that left the audience in awe.

  • Some people live in an illusional state, believing they can achieve the impossible without hard work.

Synonyms

illusory
vsillusional
12 7.0

Seeming to be real but not really there

emphasizes producing an unreal quality rather than stating a fact
illusionary
vsillusional
2 7.7

Appearing real but trying to trick your mind

focuses on being illusion-like but not necessarily aiming to deceive
phantasmal
vsillusional
  • Literature
1 9.9

Looking like a ghost and seeming unreal

is broader, meaning having an unreal nature not only ghostlike
illusive
vsillusional
1 8.2

Appearing real but not actually true

is about producing an unreal appearance rather than intent to deceive
delusory
vsillusional
1 9.1

Giving a false idea that makes people believe something untrue

is about appearing unreal rather than specifically causing false belief
phantasmic
vsillusional
  • Literature
9.7

Having a quality like a dream or a ghost that seems unreal

is more neutral and applies to any unreal or illusion-producing state

Antonyms

1.0

Happening in real life, not imagined

How Illusory

illusional
1 9.4
deceptive
62 5.3
real
1.0

Surface Forms

illusional positive

Morphology

illusional = illusion (transparent) = illusion + al

The adjective is a straightforward derivative of the noun 'illusion' with the common adjective-forming suffix -al.

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'.