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delusory

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de·lu·so·ry  (d-ls-r, -z-)
adj.
Tending to deceive; delusive.
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Adj.1.delusory - causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure"
deceptive
unreal - not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary; "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art"


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