unillusioned

adjective

un·​il·​lu·​sioned ˌən-i-ˈlü-zhənd How to pronounce unillusioned (audio)
: free from illusion

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These new novels flush McCarthy out of his rhetorical cover, and his decidedly austere and unillusioned answer to both of these questions is no. James Wood, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2022 Sahota is a bold storyteller who seems to have learned as many tricks from TV as from Tolstoy, and has a jeweller’s unillusioned eye for the goods. James Wood, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unillusioned was in 1926

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“Unillusioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unillusioned. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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