illusory
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/ɪˈluː.sə.ɹiː/
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/ɪˈluː.sə.ɹiː/ · /-zə.ɹiː/ · /ɪˈlu.sə.ɹi/ · /-zə.ɹi/ · /ɪˈlʉː.sə.ɹiː/ · /əˈlʉː.sə.ɹiː/ · /ɪˈlʉ.sə.ɹi/ · /iˈluː.so.ɾiː/ · /-zo.ɾiː/
Definition of illusory
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.
“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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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French illusorie (modern French illusoire), derived from Latin illūsōrius (“mocking, ironical”).
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