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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For Devon Again, that hopefully will yield a debut album that fully captures her generation’s campy disenchantment and roiling vulnerability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Academy life was fueling Stupnikov’s own disenchantment with the army, even as he excelled in sports and schoolwork.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
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
Nevertheless, and although he himself did not seem to notice it, those letters of recuperation and stimulation were slowly changing into pastoral letters of disenchantment.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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