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Definition of Delusive

Delusive
Delusive De*lu"sive, a. [See Delude.] Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive dream. Delusive and unsubstantial ideas. --Whewell. -- De*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- De*lu"sive*ness, n.

Meaning of Delusive from wikipedia

- reflections (close of Act II) The king dreams he is a king, And in this delusive way Lives and rules with sovereign sway; All the cheers that round him...
- Eynsham: "Witches still go to cross-roads and to heathen burials with their delusive magic and call to the devil; and he comes to them in the likeness of the...
- countryman, a hawk, and a lion on three more obscure occasions, Dionysus as 'delusive grapes' for Erigone, and finally Cronus as a horse for Philyra. The outer...
- leaders such as Václav Havel and Nelson Mandela – now looks battered and delusive." Michael Ignatieff wrote that ****uyama's idea of liberalism vanquishing...
- Senator Stanford. Reasons why the Laboring Man Should Be His Own Employer—Delusive Theories About the Distribution of Wealth". New-York Tribune. May 4, 1887...
- on Hesiod's description, there has been debate whether Elpis was only a delusive belief in good things to follow, or more generally expectation. According...
- feelings about "hope", with Euripides describing it in his Suppliants as "delusive" and stating "it has embroiled many a State", and the concept was unimportant...
- Zablujena generacija (Delusive or Stray generation) is a Slovene "saloon" punk - alternative rock musical group from Idrija. The group started out in 1994...
-  1010): Witches still go to cross-roads and to heathen burials with their delusive magic and call to the devil; and he comes to them in the likeness of the...
- at Ephesus suggests why so little remains at the site: Destroying the delusive image of the demon Artemis, Demeas has erected this symbol of Truth, the...