illusory

From Middle French illusorie (modern French illusoire), from Latin illusorius (“mocking”).

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈluːs(ə)ɹi/, /ɪˈluːz(ə)ɹi/

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illusory (comparative more illusory, superlative most illusory)

1. Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.
   • 1973, Jadunath Sinha, A History of Indian Philosophy, volume 4, page 174:

     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.

• illusion
• illusionary
• illusive