lus

Usage

• delusive

  Something that is delusive deceives you by giving a false belief about yourself or the situation you are in.

• illusory

  Something illusory appears real or possible; in fact, it is neither.

• disillusion

  When you disillusion someone, you show that a belief they hold dear is untrue—thereby disheartening and disappointing them.

• allusion

  passing reference or indirect mention

• allusive

  characterized by indirect references

• allusiveness

  a quality characterized by indirect reference

• collusion

  secret agreement

• delusion

  (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary

• delusional

  suffering from or characterized by delusions

• disillusionment

  freeing from false belief or illusions

• elusive

  difficult to describe

• elusiveness

  the quality of being difficult to grasp or pin down

• illusion

  an erroneous mental representation

• illusive

  based on or having the nature of an illusion