disillusionize

American  

[dis-i-loo-zhuh-nahyz] / ˌdɪs ɪˈlu ʒəˌnaɪz /

especially British, disillusionise

verb (used with object)

disillusionized, disillusionizing

1. to disillusion.

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Other Word Forms

• disillusionist noun
• disillusionizer noun

Etymology

Origin of disillusionize

First recorded in 1860–65; disillusion + -ize

Example Sentences

Sorry to disillusionize you, but it is so.

From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Bierce, Ambrose

Of course it helped to disillusionize him, and he began even to see that Gertrude was not as beautiful as he had once believed her to be.

From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie

She pictured Martha's shocked surprise at the very idea of staying in bed just for the fun of it, but she did not disillusionize Phyllis.

From Phyllis A Twin by Whitehill, Dorothy

If he was sincere––and the longer she talked with him, the more convinced she was that this was the case––then she did not wish to disillusionize him.

From The Wall Street Girl by Wolfe, George Ellis

"I should doubt whether her cure will be as prompt as you think, it seemed to me that her ideas were somewhat fixed, and it will need a good deal of failure to disillusionize her."

From A Girl of the Commune by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)