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Word entry · 8 letters

illusory

Best crossword clue

"Only seeming real"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈluː.sə.ɹiː/Part of speech adjectiveSorted illorsuyStarts with IEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. based on or having the nature of an illusion

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French illusorie (modern French illusoire), derived from Latin illūsōrius (“mocking, ironical”).

Used in a sentence

  • The invalidity of a cognition is the otherwiseness of its object, and is known by a sublating cognition. The illusory cognition of silver knows illusory silver, but does not know its otherwiseness.

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