illusory

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English

Etymology

From Middle French illusorie (modern French illusoire), from Latin illusorius (mocking).

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Adjective

illusory (comparative more illusory, superlative most illusory)

  1. Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.
    • 1973, Jadunath Sinha, A History of Indian Philosophy, volume 4, page 174:
      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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