disenchantment

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Recent Examples of disenchantment Again, that hopefully will yield a debut album that fully captures her generation’s campy disenchantment and roiling vulnerability. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026 To take such a thing seriously in this age of nihilism and disenchantment betrays a person as potentially unserious, someone committed to abstraction, to feeling over logic and material reality. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026 Earlier demonstrations erupted over mismanagement of a string of public examinations, and broader youth disenchantment with the authorities. — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026 The final piece of the puzzle is customers, whose disenchantment with luxury goods was also caused by the spike in pricing since the pandemic. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026 The main question marks now surround the centre-back position and the right-sided No 10 role should Sarr’s disenchantment at being denied a move away affect his performances. — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 The red notebook, written in flatter, grayer prose, is about her time in the British Communist Party and her ultimate disenchantment with it. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 In between languid lake swims and sensual forest escapades, old crushes surface and new anxieties rear their heads in this deft portrait of millennial disenchantment. — Air Mail, 20 June 2026 The appeal for young people, experts say, seems to be twofold — a disenchantment with other institutions and with the growing loneliness of life lived on social media, together with a church that, starting with Pope Francis, has focused less on doctrine and more on social justice. — ABC News, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenchantment
Noun
  • Arguments, a lack of trust, disillusionment, drugs, alcohol, all of it became too difficult to contain.
    — Annarita Briganti, Vanity Fair, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Growing voter disillusionment with AI is driving a regulatory push in the US ahead of midterm elections, though the White House has so far shown little interest.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The portrayal of Sacks as a Machiavellian billionaire by Johnson and the CTU taps into broader economic discontent, a hallmark of populist movements today.
    — Leigh Giangreco, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Expectations are running high and so is impatience after public discontent built over years.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

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“Disenchantment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenchantment. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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