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  • adjective Tending to create an illusion.

Etymologies

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illusionist +‎ -ic

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Examples

  • It is a question that is particularly associated with the so-called "illusionistic" or "idealist" schools Madhyamika, Yogachara, Advaita Vedanta but it is also important for those "realist" schools that oppose them.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • It is a question that is particularly associated with the so-called "illusionistic" or "idealist" schools Madhyamika, Yogachara, Advaita Vedanta but it is also important for those "realist" schools that oppose them.

    Kelamuni unimpressed by Sri Aurobindo Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • But while the modernist movement may have dismissed realism as an "illusionistic" or a "mechanical enterprise," in The Objective Eye author John Hyman takes a radical new approach to the genre that explores these works as subjects of a much deeper aesthetic interest.

    The Chicago Blog: August 2006 Archives 2006

  • But while the modernist movement may have dismissed realism as an "illusionistic" or a "mechanical enterprise," in The Objective Eye author John Hyman takes a radical new approach to the genre that explores these works as subjects of a much deeper aesthetic interest.

    The Chicago Blog: Review: Hyman, The Objective Eye 2006

  • But while the modernist movement may have dismissed realism as an "illusionistic" or a "mechanical enterprise," in

    The Chicago Blog 2009

  • But while the modernist movement may have dismissed realism as an "illusionistic" or a "mechanical enterprise," in

    The Chicago Blog 2009

  • But while the modernist movement may have dismissed realism as an "illusionistic" or a "mechanical enterprise," in

    The Chicago Blog 2009

  • But while the modernist movement may have dismissed realism as an "illusionistic" or a "mechanical enterprise," in

    The Chicago Blog 2009

  • But while the modernist movement may have dismissed realism as an "illusionistic" or a "mechanical enterprise," in

    The Chicago Blog 2009

  • But while the modernist movement may have dismissed realism as an "illusionistic" or a "mechanical enterprise," in

    The Chicago Blog 2009

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