Definition of Illusiveness

1. n. The quality of being illusive; deceptiveness; false show.

Definition of Illusiveness

1. Noun. The quality of being illusive; deceptiveness; false show. ¹

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Definition of Illusiveness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Illusiveness

illusionable
illusional
illusionary
illusioned
illusionism
illusionisms
illusionist
illusionistic
illusionistically
illusionists
illusionless
illusionlike
illusions
illusive
illusively
illusiveness (current term)
illusivenesses
illusorily
illusoriness
illusorinesses
illusory
illuster
illustrable
illustrate
illustrated
illustrates
illustrating
illustration
illustrational
illustrations

Literary usage of Illusiveness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. ... Sermons by Frederick W. Robertson: With Preface by C.B. Robertson, and by Frederick William Robertson, Charles Boyd Robertson (1904)
"THE illusiveness OF LIFE. " By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; ..."

2. God: The Creator and Lord of All by Samuel Harris (1896)
"The "enlightenment" which Buddhism aims to impart to man is the discovery of the worthlessness and the illusiveness of all existence. ..."

3. The Critical Review of Theological & Philosophical Literature by Stewart Dingwall Fordyce Salmond (1894)
"How are the arbitrariness and the illusiveness to be overcome ? ... It is natural to ask what effect the arbitrariness and illusiveness have on practice 1 ..."

4. The Evolution of Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the by Edward Caird (1893)
"But in thus betraying the secret of its illusiveness, it carries us beyond ... The consciousness that grasps the illusiveness of life must have risen above ..."

5. Thoughts and Aspirations of the Ages: Selections in Prose and Verse from the by William Chatterton Coupland (1895)
"Thus, besides the merely felt knowledge of the illusiveness and nothingness of the forms of the idea which separate individuals, it is the self-knowledge of ..."

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