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ILLUSIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does illusive mean?
• ILLUSIVE (adjective)
The adjective ILLUSIVE has 1 sense:
1. based on or having the nature of an illusion
Familiarity information: ILLUSIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Based on or having the nature of an illusion
Synonyms:
illusive; illusory
Context example:
Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy
Similar:
unreal (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria)
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