Associations to the word «Illusory»

Wiktionary

ILLUSORY, adjective. Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal

Dictionary definition

ILLUSORY, adjective. Based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of finding a better job"; "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".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne