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Recent Examples of disenchantment
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.
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Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Nov. 2025
But the path to responsibility leads through disenchantment.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
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
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The story’s narrator has walked away from the disillusionment of divorce with not just her dignity intact, but also with her voice honed.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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After his disillusionment, Gluck, the primate researcher, retrained as an ethicist.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Now, as the incumbent, fears about the economy have made Trump the face of much of the public’s discontent.—
Josh Boak,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Voters’ discontent with the incumbent president clearly outweighed their doubts about the party out of the White House — continuing a pattern that has become consistent (though rarely discussed) in off-year elections.—
Ronald Brownstein,
Mercury News,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Disenchantment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenchantment. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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