dangerous illusion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdangerousandillusion
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dangerous
adjective
uk/ˈdeɪn.dʒər.əs/us/ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ.əs/
A dangerous person, animal, thing, or activity could ...
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illusion
noun
uk/ɪˈluː.ʒən/us/ɪˈluː.ʒən/
an idea or belief that is ...
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(Definition ofdangerousandillusionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I once described the notion of a universal system of morality as adangerousillusion.
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Surely, that is a mostdangerousillusion.
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To suggest that there are large surplus supplies in this country is a mostdangerousillusion.
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That is not only an illusion, but it is a mostdangerousillusion.
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That is adangerousillusion, and we must avoid that kind of self-deception.
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That seems to me a mostdangerousillusion.
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There is no moredangerousillusionthan thatlaissez-faireand the cold east wind will do the trick.
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That is also adangerousillusion.
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However, the idea that peace can be maintained only by strengthening our nuclear power and extending it is adangerousillusion.
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This, in these days, isdangerousillusion.
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That is an illusion, and adangerousillusion, for fear is the most fertile breeding ground of war.
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It is adangerousillusionto believe that rejecting this text would prepare the way for another, better or even ideal constitution.
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For those with the insight to realise it, that was adangerousillusioneven at that time.
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It is also a verydangerousillusionand one that can be very expensive.
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It is unrealistic and those who advocate that are peddling adangerousillusion.
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We must recognise that talk ofdétentewas adangerousillusion.
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To believe that we can revert to uncontrolled multilateral trade is adangerousillusion.
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It is an extraordinarilydangerousillusionto think that the world owes us a good living because of our nice blue eyes.
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It could be adangerousillusionto suppose that the paper tiger that we are setting up could actually fight.
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It would be a verydangerousillusionto suppose that the fact that the committee had discussed something made it in order on this occasion.
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