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Recent Examples of disenchantment
Yet the search for solutions resulted only in more disenchantment.
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Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Public disenchantment with the Iraq war did much to power Barack Obama’s unlikely victory four years later.
—Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
Siddhartha Deb’s memoir of disenchantment, from Calcutta to Columbia.
—Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
In the five decades since Portugal threw off its fascist dictatorship, a presidential election has only once before — in 1986 — required a runoff, highlighting how fragmented the political landscape has become with the rise of the far-right and voter disenchantment with mainstream parties.
—Reuters, NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
In November, Johnson, fed up with McNamara’s disenchantment and his pleadings for a policy shift toward negotiations, announced that the defense secretary would depart the administration to lead the World Bank—in effect, firing him.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
In it, Kingsnorth chronicles his disenchantment with the activism that had once been his life’s work—the very kind of advocacy that had driven many of my students, that had driven me, into that classroom in the first place.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2025
The cover is a coy reference to the R&B star’s disenchantment with traditional romantic relationships and prioritization of financial and material gain in her dealings with men, an accusation levied upon Anna Nicole Smith regarding her own love life.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Nov. 2025
But the path to responsibility leads through disenchantment.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Public disenchantment with the Iraq war did much to power Barack Obama’s unlikely victory four years later.
—Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
Siddhartha Deb’s memoir of disenchantment, from Calcutta to Columbia.
—Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
In the five decades since Portugal threw off its fascist dictatorship, a presidential election has only once before — in 1986 — required a runoff, highlighting how fragmented the political landscape has become with the rise of the far-right and voter disenchantment with mainstream parties.
—Reuters, NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
In November, Johnson, fed up with McNamara’s disenchantment and his pleadings for a policy shift toward negotiations, announced that the defense secretary would depart the administration to lead the World Bank—in effect, firing him.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
In it, Kingsnorth chronicles his disenchantment with the activism that had once been his life’s work—the very kind of advocacy that had driven many of my students, that had driven me, into that classroom in the first place.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2025
The cover is a coy reference to the R&B star’s disenchantment with traditional romantic relationships and prioritization of financial and material gain in her dealings with men, an accusation levied upon Anna Nicole Smith regarding her own love life.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Nov. 2025
But the path to responsibility leads through disenchantment.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenchantment
Noun
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The worship of greatness leads, at best, to disillusionment and, at worst, to the insanity unleashed by the Wagnerian Hitler.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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My mother’s political disillusionment is not unique.—
Jenna Norton,
STAT,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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January's wave of protests in Iran was sparked by economic discontent and eventually widened to encompass more generalized fury over the regime's system of repression.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
13 Mar. 2026
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Many expressed their discontent with the Great Lakes Water Authority at Monday night's city council meeting.—
Veronica Ortega,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Disenchantment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenchantment. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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