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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

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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

Terry watched him with fond but unillusioned eyes, which proves that she really loved him.

From One Basket by Edna Ferber

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