illusory en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /-zə.ɹiː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /-zə.ɹi/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ɪˈlʉ.sə.ɹi/ (Scotland)
- /ɪˈlu.sə.ɹi/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ɪˈlʉː.sə.ɹiː/ (Australia)
- -zə-rē
- (Southern-England) audio
- /əˈlʉː.sə.ɹiː/ (New-Zealand)
- /-zə.ɹiː/ (New-Zealand)
- ĭ-lo͞o′sə-rē
- /-zə.ɹiː/ (Australia)
- /ɪˈluː.sə.ɹiː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /-zə.ɹi/ (Scotland)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French illusorie (modern French illusoire), derived from Latin illūsōrius (“mocking, ironical”).
Meanings
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Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.
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: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most illusory | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more illusory | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
illusoriness · nonillusory · unillusory · illusorily
Relateds
illusion · illusive · illusionary
Translations (32)
sh и̏лузо̄ран (resulting from an illusion) · ka ილუზორული (resulting from an illusion) · it illusorio (resulting from an illusion) · nan-hbl 虛幻 /虚幻 (resulting from an illusion) · cmn 虛幻 /虚幻 (resulting from an illusion) · gl ilusorio (resulting from an illusion) · nb illusorisk (resulting from an illusion) · la illusorius (resulting from an illusion) · yue 虛幻 /虚幻 (resulting from an illusion) · bg илюзорен (resulting from an illusion) · fr illusoire (resulting from an illusion) · de illusorisch (resulting from an illusion) · de wirklichkeitsfremd (resulting from an illusion) · sh ȉluzōran (resulting from an illusion) · pt ilusório (resulting from an illusion) · he תַּעְתְּעָנִי (resulting from an illusion) · mt illużorju (resulting from an illusion) · de illusionär (resulting from an illusion) · ru иллюзо́рный (resulting from an illusion) · sv skenbar (resulting from an illusion) · ca il·lusori (resulting from an illusion) · el απατηλός (resulting from an illusion) · bg нереален (resulting from an illusion) · pl iluzoryczny (resulting from an illusion) · es ilusorio (resulting from an illusion) · cs iluzorní (resulting from an illusion) · yi אילוזאָריש (resulting from an illusion) · ro iluzoriu (resulting from an illusion) · sv illusorisk (resulting from an illusion) · fi mielikuvituksellinen (resulting from an illusion) · fi harhainen (resulting from an illusion) · nn illusorisk (resulting from an illusion)