illusory
Syllables: il·lu·so·ry/ɪˈluː.sə.ɹiː/US/ɪˈlu.sə.ɹi/
illusory adjective: resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.
Adjective
illusory (comparative more illusory, superlative most illusory)
- 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.1973, Jadunath Sinha, A History of Indian Philosophy, volume 4, page 174
- 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.2025 April 24, Anna Silman, “Now comes the ‘womanosphere’: the anti-feminist media telling women to be thin, fertile and Republican”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
illusory meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
illusory in Hindi
- illusory
- मायी māyī
- illusory, apparent
- आभासी ābhāsī
- illusory; visionary
- स्वप्निल svapnil
illusory in Tamil
- மாயையான, போலியான, கற்பனையான, உண்மையற்ற, திசை திருப்பும், ஏமாற்றக் கூடிய
illusory in Marathi
- illusory; deceptive; characterized by illusion or unreality
- मायावी māyāvī
illusory in Urdu
- illusory
- مایی māyī
More languagesFewer languages
- illusory in Bengali
- মায়াময়, কাল্পনিক, অবাস্তব
- illusory in Telugu
- గాడిదగుడ్డు gāḍidaguḍḍu
- illusory in Malayalam
- മയക്കുന്ന, മായികമായ, മിഥ്യ, മായികം
Examples of illusory in a sentence
- If this last, embracing the alien, seems an advance on previous xenophobias, it is largely illusory.
- However, investigations by electron microscope proved that the non-occurring of crystallization was illusory.
- This is fine, of course, but somewhat vague, illusory and politicianese.
Forms of illusory
| comparative | more illusory |
|---|---|
| superlative | most illusory |
Origin of illusory
Borrowed from Middle French illusorie (modern French illusoire), derived from Latin illūsōrius (“mocking, ironical”).
Words formed from illusory
Questions about illusory
- What does illusory mean?
- Illusory means resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.
- What is illusory in Hindi?
- Illusory in Hindi is मायी (māyī), आभासी (ābhāsī), स्वप्निल (svapnil). See Illusory meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is illusory?
- Illusory is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce illusory?
- Illusory is pronounced /ɪˈluː.sə.ɹiː/ (UK).
Words near illusory in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: illusory (page history and authors); आभासी (Hindi) (page history and authors); illusory (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मायावी (Marathi) (page history and authors); مایی (Urdu) (page history and authors); Illusory (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); గాడిదగుడ్డు (Telugu) (page history and authors); illusory (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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