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unillusioned

American

[uhn-i-loo-zhuhnd] / ˌʌn ɪˈlu ʒənd /

adjective

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

Garner is a natural storyteller: her unillusioned eye makes her clarity compulsive.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 4, 2016

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2016

It felt like a very modern love song for a newly unillusioned age, one in which it would be harder to say those guileless words, “I love you”, except through a knowing, postmodern lens.

From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2016

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

From One Basket by Ferber, Edna

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