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illusionist|ɪˈl(j)uːʒənɪst|
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
1. One who holds the theory of illusionism; one who disbelieves in objective existence.
1843For Q. Rev. II. 343 While the pantheist and the illusionist are discussing systems, the masses enact that there is no God. 1862F. Hall Hindu Philos. Syst. 166 note, It tells with equal relevancy in confutation of the illusionists (máyávádin) and crypto-Bauddhas (prachhannabauddha).
2. One who produces illusions; spec. a conjuror or sleight-of-hand performer.
1850Punch XIX. 215/2 The novel trick of shifting the lectern, will be introduced by that celebrated illusionist, the Rev. Mr. Cozens. 1864Daily Tel. 6 Sept., In compliance with a request from the illusionist, four gentlemen advanced from the body of the hall to co-operate in a portion of the evening's entertainments. 1894Times 7 Aug. 6/2 The illusionist..succeeded in mystifying his audience by producing a living tree on a piece of glass.
3. (See quots.)
1864Webster, Illusionist, one given to illusion. 1883Harper's Mag. Apr. 699/1 He [the impressionist] is a good antidote against the ‘illusionist’, who sees too much, and then adds to it a lot that he does not see.
Hence illusioˈnistic a., pertaining to illusionism or the illusionists.
1911Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 482/1 The lighting is carefully calculated with a view to illusionistic effect under the local conditions. 1938Mod. Lang. Rev. Oct. 549 The tendency..to employ an illusionistic realism for the purpose of sensationalism..is what lies behind Wölfflin's conception of ‘baroque’. 1944Burlington Mag. Aug. 199/1 Compared with this the Byzantine solution may still be called illusionistic. 1958Times 24 Sept. 3/1 They [sc. Dali's pictures] are irritatingly artificial concoctions with passages..quite amazingly inept for a specialist in illusionistic devices. 1968Times 21 Dec. 19/1 There was an upsurge of decorative architecture in Bavaria, Franconia and Swabia. It was illusionistic and what the writer calls ‘a-tactonic’. |
