Associations to the word «Illusory»

Wiktionary

ILLUSORY, adjective. Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal

Dictionary definition

ILLUSORY, adjective. Based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy".

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis