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undeceived

undeceived

1 8.1
No longer believing something false after learning the truth
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌndɪˈsiːvd/
: desengañado
  • AND THEY WILL BE UNDECEIVED.

Tanner's eyes were grey, not dark, but she looked right through him with a piercing tenderness, undeceived by anything he said or did.

Examples

  • Indeed, when Random is undeceived as to Strutwell's intentions (he has to be told by a friend), he totally rejects the earl's authority rather than adopt his ideology.

    Academic text (1990)
  • In the poem's aphoristic format, this acquires the sharply weary knowingness we think of as Larkinesque, undeceived and grimly lucid.

    Academic text (1991)
  • I wouldn't be a bit surprised if Marla were undeceived.

  • Now, are ye undeceived?

  • Tanner's eyes were grey, not dark, but she looked right through him with a piercing tenderness, undeceived by anything he said or did.

  • After watching the documentary, she felt undeceived about the facts surrounding the event.

  • Once he read the article, he was undeceived regarding the misinformation that had been circulating.

  • The report undeceived the public about the actual conditions of the project, revealing the truth.

Synonyms

disabused
vsundeceived
  • Formal
1 7.6

Free from a wrong belief after learning the truth

focuses on arriving at truth rather than the way the change happened
undeluded
vsundeceived
1 8.5

Being not tricked and seeing things clearly

describes having moved from false belief to clear understanding
unillusioned
vsundeceived
1 7.2

Not believing false ideas and seeing things clearly

expresses the same truth awareness but with less emotional tone
unfooled
vsundeceived
1 7.4

Not tricked and aware of what is really happening

focuses on personal realization of the truth rather than the trick itself

How Deceived

aware
∞ 2.7
undeceived
1 8.1

Surface Forms

undeceived positive

Morphology

undeceived = deceived (transparent) = un + deceive + ed

Formed by adding the productive negative prefix 'un-' to the past participle 'deceived', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not deceived' or 'no longer deceived'.

Etymology

Undeceived is made from un- 'not' and deceive 'to trick', so a person who is undeceived is no longer tricked and now knows the truth.