undeception

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noun

The point of being undeceived or freed from a misconception.

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Meanings

nounundeception (countable and uncountable, plural undeceptions)

plural undeceptions

  1. countableuncountableThe point of being undeceived or freed from a misconception.

    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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    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

Origin

From un- + deception.

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APA

undeception. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undeception

MLA

“undeception.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undeception. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undeception,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undeception.

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