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Illusory

//ɪˈluː.sə.ɹiː// adj

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Adjective
  1. 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. 1
    based on or having the nature of an illusion wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French illusorie (modern French illusoire), derived from Latin illūsōrius (“mocking, ironical”).

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