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Definition of Illusive
1. Adjective. Based on or having the nature of an illusion. "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"
Definition of Illusive
1. a. Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal.
Definition of Illusive
1. Adjective. Subject to or pertaining to an ''illusion'', often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Illusive
1. illusory [adj] - See also: illusory
Lexicographical Neighbors of Illusive
Literary usage of Illusive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Lorenzo De' Medici, Called the Magnificent: Called the Magnificent by William Roscoe (1803)
"illusive beings round their sovereign wait, Deceitful dreams, and auguries, and
lies, Innumerous arts the gaping crowd that cheat, Predictions wild, ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... to this effect entirely illusive. During eight years, however, Pitt's ministry
was not merely a Tory ministry resting on the choice of the king, ..."
3. Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers by James Donaldson, Alexander Roberts, Allan Menzies, Novatianus (1868)
"illusive Appearance of the Moon. And they make moon and stars appear on the
ceiling after this manner. In the central part of the ceiling, having fastened a ..."
4. History of the Middle and Working Classes: With a Popular Exposition of the by John Wade (1834)
"Reduction of Wages increases Supply of Labour—Effects of Speculation on
Wages-—Legitimate and illusive Speculations —Agricultural Speculation during the War ..."
5. History of Canada: From the Time of Its Discovery Till the Union Year 1840-41 by François-Xavier Garneau (1866)
"... ask leave to settle in Louisiana, but are refused.—D'Iberville demands free
trade for hit colony.—illusive metallic riches of the country. ..."
6. The Origin and Development of Religious Belief by Sabine Baring-Gould (1892)
"... believes this cause to be a will resembling his own—The ideal of perfection—The
selective faculty — The imagination — Is the imagination illusive ? ..."
7. English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms ; with a by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"illusive ETYMOLOGIES. § 422. Foreign words, when received into any tongue, often
present a new and plausible, although false and unfounded, etymology. ..."
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