undeception

English

Etymology

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^[1]:

     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^[2]:

     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.