ILLUSORY


Meaning of ILLUSORY in English

/ ɪˈluːsəri; NAmE / adjective

( formal ) not real, although seeming to be :

an illusory sense of freedom

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin illusorius , from Latin illus- mocked, from the verb illudere .

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