Sentence examples for destructive illusion from inspiring English sources

As psychoanalyst Jessica Benjamin writes, "[t]he recognition of pain and vulnerability, the wound to the phallic version of masculinity, offers a release: a letting go of the destructive illusion of... stoic loneliness and denial".

You may have formed a destructive fantasy bond, an illusion of fusion, within which the psychological wellness of both you and your partner is deteriorating.

Schlegel clearly positions himself against modern critics, who consider the mixture of reality and imitation "destructive of theatrical illusion" (LDA, 34).

The omniscient, intrusive point of view came to be frowned upon as destructive of the novel's illusion of reality, although many of the great masters of the novel—Henry Fielding, George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Honoré de Balzac, and Leo Tolstoy themselves deployed this point of view.

As individuals trying to manage our organizations and our careers, we are certainly not immune to this illusion, often with destructive consequences.

From a Tantric perspective, Seth is a wrathful deity who cuts illusion and self-deceit, a simultaneously creative and destructive force of spiritual liberation.

The greatest loss is the loss of an illusion; Willy goes to his grave with his mad, destructive dream intact.

Several NGOs, such as Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace, have criticised such schemes for creating the illusion of guilt-free emitting, while actually entrenching environmentally destructive behaviour.

Her role is very different in the various systems: she may be considered the central figure in a philosophically established doctrine, the dynamic aspect of brahman, producing the universe through her maya, or mysterious power of illusion; a capricious demonic ruler of nature in its destructive aspects; a benign mother goddess; or the queen of a celestial court.

As a trained social worker and former community organizer, I have no illusions that even the best services will stop every destructive act caused by a mental illness or substance abuse problems.

Destructive: constructive.