as in disillusioned
to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes
let me disabuse you of your foolish notions
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Recent Examples of disabused
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.
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
And the refusal to be disabused by data suggests a deep instinct that vaccination in general is just too unnatural to be trusted — a very human impulse, clearly, but not one that can guide public health.
—Ross Douthat, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
And the refusal to be disabused by data suggests a deep instinct that vaccination in general is just too unnatural to be trusted — a very human impulse, clearly, but not one that can guide public health.
—Ross Douthat, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disabused
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Religiosity on the rise in the UK, France Religiosity is on the rise in France and Britain, driven by growing interest among young people disillusioned with their country’s political leadership.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
2 Jan. 2026
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Persistent electricity blackouts, record inflation and soaring unemployment have left citizens disillusioned by their powerless leadership.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
30 Dec. 2025
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Advertisement That’s why much of my work now is focused on the young people who will soon be at the wheel; young people who are distraught and disenchanted by national and international institutions that have let so many down.—
David Beasley,
Time,
14 Nov. 2025
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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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“Disabused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disabused. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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