Illusory and True

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Illusory adjective - Based on or having the nature of an illusion.

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True is an antonym for illusory in unreal topic.

Nearby Words: illusion, illusive, illusorily

True adjective - Existing in fact and not merely as a possibility.

Usage example: the true scope of this environmental problem is far greater than anyone imagined

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Illusory is an antonym for true.

True Sight: The True Seeing spell allows you to see through the many secret illusory walls dispersed through the mazes in the games.

Source: Video Game / Eye of the Beholder
The Eye of the Beholder series also has the AD&D version of the True Seeing spell, allowing the party to see through the many secret illusory walls dispersed through the mazes in the games.

Source: True Sight
Dream doesn't like Glamour in the Dreaming and had Nuala, the Fae girl sent to him as a gift that he cannot return, remove her beautiful illusory form (revealing her true mousey appearance).

Source: Glamour

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