delusiveness
Quality of deceiving
Delusiveness is the quality of being deceptive or misleading in a way that fosters false beliefs.
The word describes something's capacity to delude: the delusiveness of easy promises, the delusiveness of memory.
It suggests not just falseness but a seductive quality that makes the false seem true.
Creating false impressions
- misleadingCausing false beliefs
- fallaciousContaining faulty reasoning
- speciousSuperficially plausible but flawed
- spuriousFalse though appearing genuine
fraudulent · disingenuous · dishonest · sham · phony · bogus · counterfeit · fabricated
Without factual support
- baselessLacking factual support
- groundlessLacking factual support
- unsubstantiatedWithout supporting evidence
- unjustifiedLacking adequate reason
unwarranted · hollow · empty · vain · worthless · meaningless · futile · sophistry
Lacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- ungraspableImpossible to seize
- mercurialProne to sudden change
- shiftingChanging position or form
- proteanReadily changing form
quicksilver · fugitive · evasive · will-o-wisp · mirage · vanishing · escaping · receding
Delicate beyond earthly measure
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- vaporousLike a gas, diffuse
- fleetingPassing very quickly
transient · gossamer · chimerical · phantasmal · spectral · ghostly · wispy · evanescent
deceptive
Creating false impressions
- misleadingCausing false beliefs
- fallaciousContaining faulty reasoning
- speciousSuperficially plausible but flawed
spurious · fraudulent · disingenuous · dishonest · sham · phony · bogus · counterfeit · fabricated · fictitious
unfounded
Without factual support
- baselessLacking factual support
- groundlessLacking factual support
- unsubstantiatedWithout supporting evidence
unjustified · unwarranted · hollow · empty · vain · worthless · meaningless · futile · sophistry · specious
slippery
Lacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- ungraspableImpossible to seize
- mercurialProne to sudden change
- shiftingChanging position or form
protean · quicksilver · fugitive · evasive · will-o-wisp · mirage · vanishing · escaping · receding · unreachable
ethereal
Delicate beyond earthly measure
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- vaporousLike a gas, diffuse
fleeting · transient · gossamer · chimerical · phantasmal · spectral · ghostly · wispy · evanescent · dreamlike
delusivenesstruthfulness
Habit of not lying
truth · accuracy · veracity · correctness · factuality
delusivenessclarity
State of being understandable
transparency · clearness · honesty · forthrightness · candor
delusivenessclear-headedness
Mental sharpness and focus
lucidity · sanity · rationality · clear-sightedness · soberness
illusion, elusive, elude, delusion, delude, illusory, collusion, deluded, delusions