undeluded
- adjective
- /ˌʌndɪˈluːdɪd/
- Only that you're all tough, undeluded motherfuckers.
Examples
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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...
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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.
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Despite the rumors, she remained undeluded, recognizing the truth behind the situation.
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He approached the debate with an undeluded perspective, understanding all the arguments presented.
Synonyms
No longer believing something false after learning the truth
Not believing false ideas and seeing things clearly
Not tricked and aware of what is really happening
Antonyms
How Clear-Sighted
Surface Forms
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.