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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Tending to delude.
  • adjective Having the nature of a delusion; false.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Apt to delude; causing delusion; deceptive; beguiling: as, delusive arts; delusive appearances.
  • Of the nature of a delusion; unreal; imaginary.
  • Synonyms See fallacious and deceptive.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Producing delusions.
  • adjective Delusional.
  • adjective Inappropriate to reality; forming part of a delusion.

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

  • adjective inappropriate to reality or facts

Etymologies

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delude +‎ -ive

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