illusory
adjective/ɪˈluːsəri/
/ɪˈluːsəri/
(formal)- not real, although seeming to be
- an illusory sense of freedom
- Any power he may seem to have is purely illusory.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin illusorius, from Latin illus- ‘mocked’, from the verb illudere.
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