unillusioned

American  

[uhn-i-loo-zhuhnd] / ˌʌn ɪˈlu ʒənd /

adjective

1. having or manifesting no illusions; free from illusions.

   to be unillusioned about one's chances for success.

---

Etymology

Origin of unillusioned

First recorded in 1925–30; un- ¹ + illusion + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Moser takes Sontag at her word and is as unillusioned about her as she is about herself.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2019

Bewilderingly, the protagonists of Solstad’s fictions have coldly identified the life-lie but seem to have resigned themselves to yet more of it—a resignation so unillusioned that it almost resembles rebellion.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 15, 2018

The members weren’t sad, precisely, but they were unillusioned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2016

Hours pass in this unillusioned crisis, and then blessed sleep finally returns.

From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2011

The life which had made her what she was, a young woman singularly unillusioned, well-poised, and well-informed, had brought out in her nature a strong vein of scepticism.

From Red Masquerade by Vance, Louis Joseph