illusory

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illusory

/ɪˈluː.sə.ɹiː/ UK
/-zə.ɹiː/ UK
/ɪˈlu.sə.ɹi/ Canada, US
/-zə.ɹi/ Canada, US
/ɪˈlʉː.sə.ɹiː/ Australia
/-zə.ɹiː/ Australia
/əˈlʉː.sə.ɹiː/ New Zealand
/-zə.ɹiː/ New Zealand
/ɪˈlʉ.sə.ɹi/ Scotland
/-zə.ɹi/ Scotland

Rhymes with -uːsəɹiː, -uːzəɹiː

Where it comes from

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

adjective more illusory · 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.

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adj resulting from an illusion

Español	ilusorio
中文	虛幻 /虚幻 xūhuàn
Português	ilusório
Français	illusoire
Deutsch	illusorisch, illusionär, wirklichkeitsfremd
Italiano	illusorio
Ελληνικά	απατηλός apatilós
Română	iluzoriu
Русский	иллюзо́рный illjuzórnyj
עברית	תַּעְתְּעָנִי

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@misc{illusory_2026,
  title = {illusory},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/illusory},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}