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    ILLUSORY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Based on or having the nature of an illusionplay

    Example:

    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

    Synonyms:

    illusive; illusory

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    unreal (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria)

    Derivation:

    illusion (something many people believe that is false)

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