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undeluded

undeluded

1 8.5
Being not tricked and seeing things clearly
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌndɪˈluːdɪd/
translation icon : sin ilusiones
  • Only that you're all tough, undeluded motherfuckers.

Examples

  • We would turn rhetoric against literature and literature against everything else, and come up with something cold, pure, and undeluded.

    Academic text (2010)
  • What a relief to see that there are sane, logical, and UNDELUDED people in this world.

    Blog text (22)
  • Only that you're all tough, undeluded motherfuckers...

  • Practical, frank, undeluded.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Undeluded D.L. loves this country, or he wouldn't care to speak on recurring issues that hinder its progress.

    Blog text (3)
  • He took in the boy's eyes first, which were black and even and undeluded by pain; then he saw the sleek carcass of a beaver cast into a pocket drift near a corner of the shack.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The teacher was undeluded about the complexities of the subject, ensuring her students understood the material clearly.

  • Despite the rumors, she remained undeluded, recognizing the truth behind the situation.

  • He approached the debate with an undeluded perspective, understanding all the arguments presented.

Synonyms

undeceived
vsundeluded
1 8.1

No longer believing something false after learning the truth

describes current lack of deception without implying a prior false belief
unillusioned
vsundeluded
7.2

Not believing false ideas and seeing things clearly

emphasizes absence of being deceived rather than simply lacking illusions
unfooled
vsundeluded
7.4

Not tricked and aware of what is really happening

stresses clear perception in general rather than mere avoidance of tricks

Antonyms

156 7.9

Believing things that are not true

How Clear-Sighted

astute
40 6.9
clear-eyed
7 5.6
perceptive
43 5.5
undeluded
1 8.5
gullible
65 4.2

Surface Forms

undeluded positive

Morphology

undeluded = deluded (transparent) = un + delude + ed

The adjective is formed by straightforward negation: 'un-' + 'deluded' yields 'not deceived', which a B1 learner could infer from the base.

Etymology

The word undeluded is made of un- ('not') and delude ('to trick'), and delude comes from a very old word meaning 'play' (as in 'playing a trick'). So, someone who is undeluded is 'not tricked' and sees things as they really are.