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- adjective
Illusory ; being or pertaining to anillusion .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by or producing illusion
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Examples
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And I just think one of the reasons that we did the book was to sort of lay out that there was a difference -- not in many ways a great difference, but in some other areas a rather dramatic difference -- between a kind of illusional performance of the Reagan Presidency and realities.
The Acting President 1989
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The subsequent years of civil war, which have killed and injured hundreds of thousands of people, have revealed the events at Firdos to be an illusional intermission between invasion and insurgency.
Story Pick: The toppling of Saddam's statue Ian Shapira 2011
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I DO agree that putting these pics on a phone was not smart given their illusional ‘celebrity’ status.
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In a mediated world, the opposite of real isn't phony or illusional or fictional -- it's optional.
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Topics include player's thematic goals, pathing techniques, and illusional narrative.
GDC Guide 09 Steve gaynor 2009
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Topics include player's thematic goals, pathing techniques, and illusional narrative.
Archive 2009-02-01 Steve gaynor 2009
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How easily most people find that illusional Power? wildly and animalistically attractive !
Sunday Discussion: So, What If The Dark Knight Wins Best Picture? « FirstShowing.net 2008
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LESLIE SANCHEZ, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: I think it's illusional.
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But something else is now certain: today's reaction from Moscow, combined to the obvious paralysis on the part of Washington, Tel Aviv, London or Brussels, puts a sharp end to all these illusional beliefs, chanted on and on in Transatlantic and Euroasian conferences and seminars.
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Having raised two adults and had a hand in raising literally hundreds of children, I think this is illusional.
All you Philosophy Majors Will Have to Find Something Else to Argue About Now « Whatever 2007
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