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  • 21Delusiveness — 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. [1913 Webster] Delusive and unsubstantial ideas. Whewell. {De*lu sive*ly}, adv.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 22delusory — delusive, delusory deceptive, *misleading Analogous words: fantastic, chimerical, visionary, *imaginary, fanciful, quixotic: fallacious, sophistical, casuistical (see under FALLACY): illusory, seeming, ostensible, *apparent …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 23misleading — Delusive; calculated to lead astray or to lead into error. A Judge s instructions which are of such a nature as to be misunderstood by the jury, or to give them a wrong impression, are said to be misleading. See also deception deceit… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 24misleading — Delusive; calculated to lead astray or to lead into error. A Judge s instructions which are of such a nature as to be misunderstood by the jury, or to give them a wrong impression, are said to be misleading. See also deception deceit… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 25misleading — misleading, deceptive, delusive, delusory all mean having an appearance or character that leads one astray or into error. Misleading is the general term applicable to something which, intentionally or otherwise, leads one away from the right… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 26illusory — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. imaginary, fancied, unreal. See deception. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. deceptive, unreal, illusive, fancied; see false 2 , 3 , imaginary , unreal . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. unreal,… …

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  • 27delusory — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Tending to deceive; of the nature of an illusion: delusive, illusive, illusory. See REAL. 2. Tending to lead one into error: deceptive, delusive, fallacious, illusive, illusory, misleading. See HONEST, REAL. 3 …

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  • 28illusive — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Of, relating to, or in the nature of an illusion; lacking reality: chimeric, chimerical, delusive, delusory, dreamlike, hallucinatory, illusory, phantasmagoric, phantasmal, phantasmic, visionary. See REAL. 2.… …

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  • 29Hell — • Hell (infernus) in theological usage is a place of punishment after death Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. hell     Hell     † …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 30Рамболд, Хорас — В Википедии есть статьи о других людях с такой фамилией, см. Рамболд. Хорас Рамболд англ. Horace George Montagu Rumbold …

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