unillusioned
- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪˈluːʒənd/
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- The documentary aims to present an unillusioned perspective on climate change, revealing the facts without exaggeration.
Examples
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He is unillusioned by the promises of politicians, knowing that actions often speak louder than words.
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After years of disappointment, she finally became unillusioned about the realities of the corporate world.
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The title has remained a Larkin trademark, though we now know a little more than we used to about how it became attached to the book, and though the phrase has a more complicated and poignant resonance in the poem in which it appears than the flat, unillusioned knowingness that is popularly associated with it.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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8.5
Being not tricked and seeing things clearly
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8.1
No longer believing something false after learning the truth
Not tricked and aware of what is really happening
How Realistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
unillusioned = illusioned (transparent) = un + illusion + ed
Formed by adding 'un-' to 'illusioned' (itself 'illusion' + '-ed'), so the negated meaning 'not having illusions' is directly derivable.
Etymology
Unillusioned starts with un- meaning 'not' and the rest comes from illusion, which means 'a false idea' or something that 'fools' you. So, to be unillusioned is to be 'not fooled' and to see things as they really are.