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disillusion 1 of 2

verb

Definition of disillusionnext
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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disillusion

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noun

as in disillusionment

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Recent Examples of disillusion
Verb
Such backsliding has shocked even the human-rights lawyers who already had reason to be disillusioned. — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 While companies everywhere have gone all in on AI, surveys are showing customers are becoming disillusioned with it. — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Noun
The lyrics explored longing and disillusion, marking a thematic change for the band. — Sophie Williams, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for disillusion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disillusion
  1. disabuse
  2. disillusionment
  3. disenchant
  4. disenchantment
  5. uncertainty
Verb
  • If anything, the industry needs to disabuse itself of the notion that simply meeting guests’ expectations is a failure and embrace the value of reasonable hospitality.
    — Adam Reiner, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Monday’s slightly shorter ride to Guthrie Center packed in 3,572 feet, the most climbing of the week and enough to disabuse anyone still clinging to the fiction that Iowa is flat.
    — Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 25 July 2026
Definition of disabuse
Noun
  • It’s grown in the years since, as disillusionment with dating apps has risen, loneliness remains pervasive, and a generation raised on screens is sold solutions like AI lovers.
    — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Cruz plays the wife whose disillusionment becomes the story’s emotional core, opposite Bardem as an architect drawn into building a survivalist bunker for a reclusive tech billionaire.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of disillusionment
Verb
  • Citizens on both sides of the aisle have become increasingly disenchanted with billionaires spending record sums to influence elections and policy while increasing their own net worths and driving up the cost of living for everyone else.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
  • This year, Kansas voters disenchanted with the major-party candidates won’t have the option of casting a protest vote.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of disenchant
Noun
  • 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
Definition of disenchantment
Noun
  • Now, however, the escalating trade disputes between the two nations are not only challenging this close partnership, but also creating growing uncertainty for American farmers and agricultural equipment manufacturers.
    — , CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Together, the flurry of legal filings has thrust the state, its voters and election officials into a period of uncertainty ahead of the November election.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026
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“Disillusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disillusion. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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