Sentence examples for illusion is based from inspiring English sources

The Müller-Lyer illusion is based on the Gestalt principles of convergence and divergence: the lines at the sides seem to lead the eye either inward or outward to create a false impression of length.

The present illusion is based on a generalisation of this property.

Which brings us to the manner in which these interactions mock the very notion of democracy on which the nation's illusions are based.

I am under no illusions that my job is based on us getting into a much better position than we are just now.

Maintaining privacy from these powerful entities is basically impossible, and any illusion of privacy we maintain is based either on ignorance or on our unwillingness to accept what's really going on.

And they do a good job sustaining that illusion, even though the application is based in JavaScript not Flash.

These results suggest that in the case of scale illusion, the occurrence of MMN is based upon the representation of tones created by perception, but not upon the physical properties of a tone sequence.

So now that pressure is on the police, they've had to back up, but they're giving the illusion that this back up is based on their own decision, their own tender heart, their own care and love.

Celebrity culture is based on an illusion of perfection.

So does it count against your well-being if your happiness is based on an illusion — say, the false belief that your wife loves you?

David Brooks's vision of tax reform, like classical economics, is based on the illusion that our politicians are rational actors with the best interests of the country at heart.