Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Tending to deceive; delusive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Apt to deceive; deceptive; delusive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Delusive; fallacious.
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- adjective tending to
delude
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
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Examples
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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.
The White House Hardens Its Tone Julian E. Barnes 2011
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Sadly, such Panglossian self-delusion is not confined merely to the Lab-liar front bench but has seeped into the self-delusory tone of much CiF comment which has reacted splenetically to having been caught with their hands in the cookie jar, the lid of which has now been firmly smacked shut.
The 'big society' is collapsing under its inherent absurdity | Catherine Bennett 2011
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But the settlements prevailed, delusory shortcuts to a palpable proof that the Jewish people were truly blessed by God.
The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010
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But the settlements prevailed, delusory shortcuts to a palpable proof that the Jewish people were truly blessed by God.
The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010
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'Fess up, Mets fans: After these last two delusory seasons, aren't you even a little tempted to walk the wire with Ollie?
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But the settlements prevailed, delusory shortcuts to a palpable proof that the Jewish people were truly blessed by God.
The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010
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And Ieuan ab Ifor would simply have to resign himself to losing a delusory image of a submissive wife, a creature Heledd could never become.
His Disposition 2010
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You can see the side-by-side comparison here, but the most delusory part of this is Dowd's explanation: josh is right.
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They were a match made in a spinning, blinders-on Republican heaven, where the faithful still believe that conservative politicians and their pundits, with a little bit of faith and a lot more charm, can transform failures and shortcomings into delusory gold, and rebirth multimillionaires into everyday people who really care about the plights of their Joe Six-Pack and Soccer Mom peers.
Jane Devin: Courting the Jester: The Slippery Right's Love Affair With Limbaugh 2009
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You can see the side-by-side comparison here, but the most delusory part of this is Dowd's explanation: josh is right.
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