Definition of "illusory" []

• Produced by, based on, or having the nature of an illusion; deceptive: "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” ( Tom Wicker). (adjective)

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• "Instead of entering into an intermediate state, the yogi rises from the death state in what we call an illusory body, in place of the intermediate state."
• "Another word in Professor Daly's lexicon is "foreground," which she defines as the illusory reality established over the centuries within a male-dominated, hierarchical culture bent on destroying women, animals and the earth."
• "As I recall, we could hear him smacking his lips in illusory ecstasy, even from the back seat."