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Definition of Delusory
1. Adjective. Causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true. "A delusory pleasure"
Similar to: Unreal
Derivative terms: Deceive, Deceive, Deceptiveness, Delude
Definition of Delusory
1. a. Delusive; fallacious.
Definition of Delusory
1. Adjective. tending to delude ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Delusory
1. delusive [adj] - See also: delusive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Delusory
Literary usage of Delusory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Simcoe's Military Journal: A History of the Operations of a Partisan Corps by John Graves Simcoe (1844)
"... and at a time when the Governor held out to me a prospect of exchange, which,
till that moment, I did not suspect to be delusory. ..."
2. The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Parsons Lathrop, Julian Hawthorne (1896)
"Thus, no argument for the imperfect character of our existence and its delusory
promises, and its apparent injustice, can be drawn in reference to our ..."
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