Illusory
adjective
Something that seems real or true, but isn't actually real or true.
The oasis in the desert was illusory, it was just a mirage.
Often appears as...
- illusory promise
- illusory correlation
adjective
Something that seems real or true, but isn't actually real or true.
The oasis in the desert was illusory, it was just a mirage.
Often appears as...
- illusory promise
- illusory correlation
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Pro Tip 1/3Perception Versus Reality
Use 'illusory' to describe something that appears real but differs from objective reality.
Her sense of security in the secluded cabin was illusory.
Pro Tip 2/3Abstract Concepts
'Illusory' is often used to describe intangible concepts rather than physical objects.
The notion of time travel remains largely illusory.
Pro Tip 3/3Psychological Phenomena
'Illusory' applies to mental biases and false connections made by the brain.
The gambler's winning streak was merely an illusory correlation.
Pro Tip 1/3Perception Versus Reality
Use 'illusory' to describe something that appears real but differs from objective reality.
Her sense of security in the secluded cabin was illusory.
Pro Tip 2/3Abstract Concepts
'Illusory' is often used to describe intangible concepts rather than physical objects.
The notion of time travel remains largely illusory.
Pro Tip 3/3Psychological Phenomena
'Illusory' applies to mental biases and false connections made by the brain.
The gambler's winning streak was merely an illusory correlation.
Pro Tip 1/3Perception Versus Reality
Use 'illusory' to describe something that appears real but differs from objective reality.
Her sense of security in the secluded cabin was illusory.
Pro Tip 2/3Abstract Concepts
'Illusory' is often used to describe intangible concepts rather than physical objects.
The notion of time travel remains largely illusory.
Pro Tip 3/3Psychological Phenomena
'Illusory' applies to mental biases and false connections made by the brain.
The gambler's winning streak was merely an illusory correlation.
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Why incompetent people...
This effect explains why more than 100 studies have shown that people display illusory superiority. We judge ourselves as better than others to a degree that violates the laws of math. When software engineers at two companies were asked to rate their performance,
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The habits of happiness...
but our control of the outer world is limited, temporary, and often, illusory. So now, look at inner conditions. Aren't they stronger? Isn't it the mind that translates the outer condition into happiness and suffering?
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Why incompetent people...
This effect explains why more than 100 studies have shown that people display illusory superiority. We judge ourselves as better than others to a degree that violates the laws of math. When software engineers at two companies were asked to rate their performance,
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The habits of happiness...
but our control of the outer world is limited, temporary, and often, illusory. So now, look at inner conditions. Aren't they stronger? Isn't it the mind that translates the outer condition into happiness and suffering?
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Mary L. Trump
American Psychologist
Donald's monstrosity is the manifestation of the very weakness within him that he's been running from his entire life. For him, there has never been any option but to be positive, to project strength, no matter how illusory, because doing anything else carries a death sentence; my father's short life is evidence of that.
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Annie Besant
English Philosopher
In a deep metaphysical sense, all that is conditioned is illusory. All phenomena are literally 'appearances,' the outer masks in which the One Reality shows itself forth in our changing universe. The more 'material' and solid the appearance, the further is it from reality, and therefore the more illusory it is.
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Winona Ryder
American Actress
But I've always felt a need to have a life which is completely separate - at least as far as possible - from the kind of illusory lifestyle that comes with being a celebrity.
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Roger Scruton
English Philosopher
Faking is a social activity in which people act together to draw a veil over unwanted realities and encourage each other in the exercise of their illusory powers.
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Loretta Lynch
American Public Servant
Jimmy Meng sought to be a power broker in the halls of justice. But the influence he sought to peddle was corrupt, and his power was illusory.
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Andreas Gursky
German Artist
My preference for clear structures is the result of my desire - perhaps illusory - to keep track of things and maintain my grip on the world.
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Theodor W. Adorno
German Philosopher
Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day, in spite of all, real deliverance will come.
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Terry Eagleton
English Critic
Deconstruction insists not that truth is illusory but that it is institutional.
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Rene Descartes
French Mathematician
Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.
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Peter Morgan
British Writer
Truth is an illusory notion.
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Mary L. Trump
American Psychologist
Donald's monstrosity is the manifestation of the very weakness within him that he's been running from his entire life. For him, there has never been any option but to be positive, to project strength, no matter how illusory, because doing anything else carries a death sentence; my father's short life is evidence of that.
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Annie Besant
English Philosopher
In a deep metaphysical sense, all that is conditioned is illusory. All phenomena are literally 'appearances,' the outer masks in which the One Reality shows itself forth in our changing universe. The more 'material' and solid the appearance, the further is it from reality, and therefore the more illusory it is.
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Winona Ryder
American Actress
But I've always felt a need to have a life which is completely separate - at least as far as possible - from the kind of illusory lifestyle that comes with being a celebrity.
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Roger Scruton
English Philosopher
Faking is a social activity in which people act together to draw a veil over unwanted realities and encourage each other in the exercise of their illusory powers.
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Loretta Lynch
American Public Servant
Jimmy Meng sought to be a power broker in the halls of justice. But the influence he sought to peddle was corrupt, and his power was illusory.
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Andreas Gursky
German Artist
My preference for clear structures is the result of my desire - perhaps illusory - to keep track of things and maintain my grip on the world.
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Theodor W. Adorno
German Philosopher
Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day, in spite of all, real deliverance will come.
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Terry Eagleton
English Critic
Deconstruction insists not that truth is illusory but that it is institutional.
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Rene Descartes
French Mathematician
Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.
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Peter Morgan
British Writer
Truth is an illusory notion.
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