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undeception en · NOUN

Etymology

From un- + deception.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The point of being undeceived or freed from a misconception.
   • He was constantly thinking that he knew everything or could imagine everything, and constantly undergoing the shock of undeception; but the shock of the Longchamps Sunday was excessive. 1916, Arnold Bennett, The Roll-Call:
   • If any had flattered themselves that with the death of Huss the Reformation in Bohemia had also received its death-blow, they had not long to wait for a painful undeception. 1878, Richard Chenevix Trench, Lectures on Medieval Church History:

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