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disillusion

[ dis-i-loo-zhuhn ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.

    Synonyms: disappoint, undeceive, disenthrall, disabuse



noun

  1. a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction; disenchantment.

disillusion

/ ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒən /

verb

  1. tr to destroy the ideals, illusions, or false ideas of
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. the act of disillusioning or the state of being disillusioned
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • dis·il·lu·sion·ment noun
  • dis·il·lu·sive [dis-i-, loo, -siv], adjective
  • un·dis·il·lu·sioned adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of disillusion1

First recorded in 1590–1600; dis- 1 + illusion
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Example Sentences

The title of The Year of Magical Thinking comes from Didion’s experiences reckoning with the finality of death, and the disillusion that exists in its aftermath.

From Time

The Warren Report was and remains a symptom of disillusion with whatever the government says.

The downstairs portion of the Democratic base is increasingly beset by debt and disillusion.

The sloping baseline indicates melancholy, disillusion, and loss of innocence.

Disappointment if not disillusion is inevitable, particularly in light of the current economic meltdown.

To lie thus in deadly weakness and drink in the traits of the beloved, is to re-awake to love from whatever shock of disillusion.

One can easily imagine the surprise and disillusion of the four pupils of Zimmermann—MM.

She did not disillusion him; to do so she would have had to tell him that she had lied.

In the millennium an educational genius will write a book to be given to every young man on the date of his disillusion.

For some time the prisoners remained pale, motionless, and speechless, weighed down by this horrible disillusion.

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