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Antonyms for more illusory
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ih-loo-suh-ree, -zuh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlu sə ri, -zə- |
Definition of more illusory
Origin :- 1590s, from French illusorie, from Late Latin illusorius "ironical, of a mocking character," from illus-, past participle stem of Latin illudere "mock at," literally "to play with," from assimilated form of in- "at, upon" (see in- (2)) + ludere "to play" (see ludicrous).
- adj deceptive, false
- adj deceptive
- The more "material" and solid the appearance, the further is it from Reality, and therefore the more illusory it is.
- Extract from : « Death--and After? » by Annie Besant
- A score, a hundred questions, more and more illusory, blent and faded and reformed in his overtaxed mind.
- Extract from : « Darkness and Dawn » by George Allan England
Synonyms for more illusory
- apparent
- Barmecidal
- blue sky
- blue-sky
- chimerical
- deceitful
- delusive
- delusory
- fake
- fallacious
- false
- fanciful
- fantastic
- fictional
- fictitious
- fictive
- float
- hallucinatory
- ideal
- illusive
- imaginary
- misleading
- mistaken
- ostensible
- pipe dream
- pseudo
- seeming
- semblant
- sham
- suppositious
- supposititious
- unreal
- untrue
- visionary
- whimsical
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