Illusory
/ɪˈluː.sə.ɹiː/ adj
adj ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 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."
Adjective
- 1 based on or having the nature of an illusion wordnet
Example
More examples"The feelings of "love at first sight" and "faithful unto death" are unrealistic; this sort of unrealistic and illusory feeling is not what we need."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French illusorie (modern French illusoire), derived from Latin illūsōrius (“mocking, ironical”).