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Delusory

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Tending to deceive; delusive.

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adj. tending to delude

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Delusive; fallacious.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Apt to deceive; deceptive; delusive.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true

Word Usage

"Elements of the administration are clinging to the "delusory" belief that Mr. Mubarak can hold on, said Robert Kagan, a foreign policy analyst at the Brookings Institution who has been a supporter of the president's foreign policy."

Equivalent

unreal

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

delusive fallacious