as in to disabuse
to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes
we were disillusioned when we saw how the movie star acted in real life
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Recent Examples of disillusion
Mary Crossan, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
World leaders must meet the challenge or risk fueling despair and disillusion.
—Juan Manuel Santos, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
The polarizing killing incited a weekslong debate over corporate health care policies that have disillusioned many Americans.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2025
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Verb
These leaders pose a significant risk, disillusion us the most, and undercut the argument that character is essential to success.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
World leaders must meet the challenge or risk fueling despair and disillusion.
—Juan Manuel Santos, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
Some once-friendly podcast hosts — Joe Rogan chief among them — have become disillusioned with Trump over Epstein.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
The polarizing killing incited a weekslong debate over corporate health care policies that have disillusioned many Americans.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disillusion
Verb
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Against a barely upright Niners roster (especially wounded in the passing game), Sean McVay’s squad should sweep the leg and disabuse anyone of the notion San Francisco is a contender.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Both Anne and Benjamin are quickly disabused of any illusion that their father might have taken them seriously as contributors to the business, let alone potential successors.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Following the sudden loss of his partner and filmmaker Lynn Shelton, Maron struggles with grief, disillusionment and a shifting comedy landscape.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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But Neptune retrograde in Aries brings awareness to confusion, fantasy and disillusionment.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The volume’s power lies in its relentless impulse toward disenchantment.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
9 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Reporters Mithil Aggarwal, Janhvi Bhojwani and Jay Ganglani dove into both protests where young people disenchanted by corruption and a lack of jobs took to the streets to demand radical economic and political reforms.—
Christian Orozco,
NBC news,
16 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, multiple reports have painted the generation as disenchanted with the dating scene.—
Chloe Berger,
SELF,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Entrepreneurs hoping to make a name in the tech scene may hear O’Kelley’s early career journey and wince at the repeat firings and uncertainty that came with it.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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The new test, which boasts a 96 percent accuracy rate, offers a major step forward for patients who have often faced years of uncertainty and misdiagnosis.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Disillusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disillusion. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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