Unillusioned

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not illusioned.

    "Kennan’s unillusioned and often bleak assessment of America’s capacity to shape the world according to its wishes was, save for a brief period at the dawn of the cold war, too harsh a medicine for Washington’s policy makers to swallow."

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"Kennan’s unillusioned and often bleak assessment of America’s capacity to shape the world according to its wishes was, save for a brief period at the dawn of the cold war, too harsh a medicine for Washington’s policy makers to swallow."

Etymology

From un- + illusioned.

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