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Recent Examples of disenchantment
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.
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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
So if there is a refusal to use the word taxidermy and the word disenchantment is chosen instead, it is done out of stubbornness.
—Literary Hub, 11 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
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
So if there is a refusal to use the word taxidermy and the word disenchantment is chosen instead, it is done out of stubbornness.
—Literary Hub, 11 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 end of his life is a story of unremarkable middle-class comforts amid an aura of disillusionment.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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But the art of Violette and his cohort tapped into a deeper disillusionment, the kind of corrosive cynicism that pervades a culture in which any sense of possibility for a non-horrifying future has been foreclosed.—
Rachel Wetzler,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Recently, the streaming giant dramatically retooled its visual look as an application, and many users were quick to voice their initial discontent.—
William Jones,
Ascend Agency,
7 Feb. 2026
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The horse's forlorn expression appears to have resonated with Chinese social media users, who've been bringing the plush toy to work and school to express discontent with a relentless work culture.—
Emma Li,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Disenchantment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenchantment. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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