undeception

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ deception.

Noun

undeception (countable and uncountable, plural undeceptions)

  1. The point of being undeceived or freed from a misconception.
    • 1916, Arnold Bennett, The Roll-Call:
      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.
    • 1878, Richard Chenevix Trench, Lectures on Medieval Church History:
      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.