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Definitions for illusive
ɪˈlu sɪvil·lu·sive
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Princeton's WordNet
illusive, illusoryadjective
based on or having the nature of an illusion
"illusive hopes of finding a better job"; "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"
Wiktionary
illusiveadjective
Subject to or pertaining to an illusion, often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome.
Testing software completely is an illusive goal.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Illusiveadjective
Deceiving by false show.
Etymology: from illusus, Latin.
The heathen bards, who idle fables drest,
Illusive dreams in mystick forms exprest. Richard Blackmore.While the fond soul,
Wrapt in gay visions of unreal bliss,
Still paints th' illusive form. James Thomson, Spring.
Wikipedia
Illusive
Illusive is the adjective form of illusory.
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illusive
Illusive refers to something that is deceptive, misleading, or based on illusion; not real or difficult to find or catch. It often suggests something that one chases or searches for, but fails to find or catch hold of, like a mirage or a pipe dream.
Webster Dictionary
Illusiveadjective
deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal
Etymology: [See Illude.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of illusive in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of illusive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of illusive in a Sentence
Love is the illusive elixir we all seek and fewer seem to find. Those that are blessed with it ultimately know that it has been uncovered and that it must be sheltered and nurtured. Andreas Simic
The legitimacy of the death penalty is sustained by the illusive search for painless executions, we cannot be relied on to deliver executions which impose no more than pain than is necessary, and we certainly can't be relied on to impose executions that are compatible with contemporary standards of decency.
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