Delusory
Delusory adjective - Tending or having power to deceive.
Usage example: the delusory notion that wealth invariably brings happiness
Fallacious is a synonym for delusory in deceptive topic. In some cases you can use "Fallacious" instead an adjective "Delusory", when it comes to topics like honest.
Fallacious
Fallacious adjective - Tending or having power to deceive.
Usage example: consumers who harbor the fallacious belief that credit-card spending will never catch up with them
Delusory is a synonym for fallacious in honest topic. You can use "Delusory" instead an adjective "Fallacious", if it concerns topics such as false, erroneous, incorrect.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- wrong and delusory
- wrong and fallacious
- false and delusory
- false and fallacious
- spurious and delusory
- spurious and fallacious
- imaginary and delusory
- imaginary and fallacious
- deceptive and delusory
- deceptive and fallacious
- illogical and delusory
- illogical and fallacious
- unsound and delusory
- unsound and fallacious
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