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Definition of "delusory" []

  • Tending to deceive; delusive. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "delusory" in a sentence
  • "Elements of the administration are clinging to the "delusory" belief that Mr. Mubarak can hold on, said Robert Kagan, a foreign policy analyst at the Brookings Institution who has been a supporter of the president's foreign policy."
  • "Sadly, such Panglossian self-delusion is not confined merely to the Lab-liar front bench but has seeped into the self-delusory tone of much CiF comment which has reacted splenetically to having been caught with their hands in the cookie jar, the lid of which has now been firmly smacked shut."
  • "But the settlements prevailed, delusory shortcuts to a palpable proof that the Jewish people were truly blessed by God."
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