as in to disabuse
to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes
we were disillusioned when we saw how the movie star acted in real life
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Recent Examples of disillusion
Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
When Bianca Cefalo started working in the space industry, she was quickly disillusioned by its culture.
—Lisa Falco, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Jens Ludwig, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
These leaders pose a significant risk, disillusion us the most, and undercut the argument that character is essential to success.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Verb
The youth of ’91 were disillusioned after Ravalomanana.
—Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
When Bianca Cefalo started working in the space industry, she was quickly disillusioned by its culture.
—Lisa Falco, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
Diminishing political and social returns — ideas that start from good intentions only to end in frustration and disillusion — seem to plague most attempts at addressing America’s structural problems, which remain and persist.
—Jens Ludwig, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
These leaders pose a significant risk, disillusion us the most, and undercut the argument that character is essential to success.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disillusion
Verb
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But if anything remained of that childhood dream, Platner’s last tour had thoroughly disabused him of it.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
24 Oct. 2025
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Against a barely upright Niners roster (especially wounded in the passing game), Sean McVay’s squad should sweep the leg and disabuse anyone of the notion San Francisco is a contender.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
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But the path to responsibility leads through disenchantment.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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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Indeed, multiple reports have painted the generation as disenchanted with the dating scene.—
Chloe Berger,
SELF,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Change Agent leads with resilience, embraces uncertainty and helps teams move confidently through transformation.—
Kelly Jones,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The vast majority of recent prediction markets growth has come from sports betting, a category that has come online only recently due to legal uncertainty.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Disillusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disillusion. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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