disenchantment
Britishnoun
Explanation
Disenchantment is the feeling that comes from being let down or disillusioned by someone or something. The disenchantment of young voters can have a strong effect on an election's outcome. When you confess your disenchantment with school, it means you've been feeling disappointed by your classes lately — you may have had high expectations or started out the school year loving every class and admiring your teachers. Losing unrealistic expectations or beliefs results in disenchantment. The noun comes from disenchant, "cause to be disappointed," rooted in dis-, "do the opposite of," and enchant, "charm or cast a spell on."
Vocabulary lists containing disenchantment
Example Sentences
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The existence of 764 is the product of an era of disenchantment where everyone is a troll looking for clicks.
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
Thus, our disenchantment with the justice system takes up the most memory space.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
Mitrokhin claimed his motivation was his profound disenchantment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
"Extremism, radicalism and populism feed off this lack of trust, disinformation, inequalities, disenchantment with the present and doubts about how to face the future."
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
Love as rarely exists in reality, as if a master alchemist has taken it and distilled out all the impurities, every petty disenchantment, every unworthy thought, into a perfect elixir, sweet and deep and all-consuming.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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