illusoriness
State of seeming
The quality of being illusory—deceptive, unreal, or based on false perception.
Illusoriness suggests something that appears real but isn't: the illusoriness of wealth as a path to happiness, He gradually recognized the illusoriness of his childhood memories.
The word emphasizes that the deception may not be immediately apparent.
Unrealistic fantasy or hybrid
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- dreamlikeHazy and fantastical
- phantasmagoriaShifting sequence of illusions
- unrealityQuality of being imaginary
insubstantiality · intangibility · incorporeality · immateriality · ethereality · shadowiness · ghostliness · nebulousness
Brevity of existence
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
- fleetingnessQuality of passing quickly
- evanescenceGradual disappearance from existence
- momentarinessBrief duration quality
transitoriness · brevity · temporariness · vanishing · fading · dissolution · dissipation
Atmospheric optical deception
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
- shamFraudulent imitation
- artificeClever deceptive strategy
trickery · subterfuge · sleight · feint · masquerade · guile · duplicity · chicanery
Perception without external cause
- phantasmIllusory supernatural appearance
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- visionAbility to see
- specterGhostly threatening presence
figment · optical · afterimage · phosphene · pareidolia · heat shimmer · hologram · trompe l'oeil
Quality of being false
- speciousnessMisleading appearance of validity
- fallaciousnessQuality of being logically flawed
- deceptivenessQuality of misleading others
- misleadingnessQuality of causing confusion
delusiveness · hollowness · emptiness · groundlessness · baselessness · unsubstantiality
chimera
Unrealistic fantasy or hybrid
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- dreamlikeHazy and fantastical
- phantasmagoriaShifting sequence of illusions
unreality · insubstantiality · intangibility · incorporeality · immateriality · ethereality · shadowiness · ghostliness · nebulousness · vaporousness
transience
Brevity of existence
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
- fleetingnessQuality of passing quickly
- evanescenceGradual disappearance from existence
momentariness · transitoriness · brevity · temporariness · vanishing · fading · dissolution · dissipation
mirage
Atmospheric optical deception
artifice · trickery · subterfuge · sleight · feint · masquerade · guile · duplicity · chicanery · imposture
hallucination
Perception without external cause
- phantasmIllusory supernatural appearance
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- visionAbility to see
specter · figment · optical · afterimage · phosphene · pareidolia · heat shimmer · hologram · trompe l'oeil · anamorphosis
spuriousness
Quality of being false
- speciousnessMisleading appearance of validity
- fallaciousnessQuality of being logically flawed
- deceptivenessQuality of misleading others
misleadingness · delusiveness · hollowness · emptiness · groundlessness · baselessness · unsubstantiality
illusorinessreality
What actually exists
realness · substantiality · actuality · genuineness · authenticity
illusorinesssubstantiality
Concrete, tangible existence
tangibility · solidity · materiality · corporeality · palpability
illusorinessgenuineness
Quality of being real
authenticity · truthfulness · verity · veracity · validity
illusion, prelude, delusion, delude, illusory, interlude, allude, illusions, delusions