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an illusory sense of security
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Fazio has grappled with that challenge while studying the illusory truth effect: how repeating something that is false will make a person more likely to believe it.
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Bykai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
The auction prices and the professorships and even the art hanging on the wall by now seemed illusory.
—Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
Like the existence of the three candidates themselves, however, the planets’ super-Mars statuses could be illusory.
—John Wenz, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2024
In this case, the bendy space-time fabric that surrounds us would be illusory, and the quantum particles on the boundary would be the real stuff of existence.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
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Bykai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
The auction prices and the professorships and even the art hanging on the wall by now seemed illusory.
—Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
Like the existence of the three candidates themselves, however, the planets’ super-Mars statuses could be illusory.
—John Wenz, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2024
In this case, the bendy space-time fabric that surrounds us would be illusory, and the quantum particles on the boundary would be the real stuff of existence.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Illusory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/illusory. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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illusory
adjective
il·lu·so·ry
il-ˈüs-(ə-)rē 
-ˈüz-
: based on or producing illusion : deceptive
an illusory hope
Medical Definition
illusory
adjective
il·lu·so·ry
il-ˈüs-(ə-)rē
-ˈüz-
-ˈüz-
: based on or producing illusion : being deceptive
the search for the ultimate cure-all for a hangover has proved illusory—M. L. Herndon
M. L. HerndonLegal Definition
illusory
adjective
il·lu·so·ry
i-ˈlü-sə-rē, -zə-rē
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