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Recent Examples of disillusionment
In former democracies, that trend is rooted in popular disillusionment with traditional elites.
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Max Hastings, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
Economist and author Alice Lassman, a (British) Gen Zer herself, has written for Business Insider about her personal disillusionment after her stint at Columbia led to a verbal, later rescinded offer to be an economist at USAID.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2026
Many are dealing with high living costs (which has driven some of Gen Z to continue living with their parents) and struggling to save, leading to broad feelings of disillusionment.
—Essence, 1 Jan. 2026
What’s spoken to me most are the stories in which the struggle against oppression is something ongoing, involving unwitting enlistees and imperfect allies, and passed along to younger generations as the older ones are lost to exhaustion, disillusionment, or darker fates.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
He's expected to give them words of encouragement, amid the decades-long flight abroad, while also acknowledging their disillusionment over the failures of generations before them.
—CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
The disillusionment extends to how people see those in the opposite political party.
—Elena Moore, NPR, 19 Nov. 2025
Iraqi voters head to the polls Iraqis began casting ballots in parliamentary elections that analysts fear may entrench disillusionment with democracy in the country.
—Natasha Bracken, semafor.com, 13 Nov. 2025
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
Max Hastings, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
Economist and author Alice Lassman, a (British) Gen Zer herself, has written for Business Insider about her personal disillusionment after her stint at Columbia led to a verbal, later rescinded offer to be an economist at USAID.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2026
Many are dealing with high living costs (which has driven some of Gen Z to continue living with their parents) and struggling to save, leading to broad feelings of disillusionment.
—Essence, 1 Jan. 2026
What’s spoken to me most are the stories in which the struggle against oppression is something ongoing, involving unwitting enlistees and imperfect allies, and passed along to younger generations as the older ones are lost to exhaustion, disillusionment, or darker fates.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
He's expected to give them words of encouragement, amid the decades-long flight abroad, while also acknowledging their disillusionment over the failures of generations before them.
—CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
The disillusionment extends to how people see those in the opposite political party.
—Elena Moore, NPR, 19 Nov. 2025
Iraqi voters head to the polls Iraqis began casting ballots in parliamentary elections that analysts fear may entrench disillusionment with democracy in the country.
—Natasha Bracken, semafor.com, 13 Nov. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disillusionment
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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,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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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,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
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But Taylor, who studies how the internet interacts with culture, says the rise of vagueposting coincides with a public discontent with just how grasping social media has become.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 Jan. 2026
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The protests quickly spread, with people joining marches across the country to denounce not only the economic woes, but to air wider discontent with the country's hardline regime.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Further discontentment also stemmed from Fennell’s general spearheading of the project, given her affinity for the salacious and the fact that the pic is not billed as a modern retelling.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
13 Nov. 2025
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Jay expresses his discontentment.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Disillusionment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disillusionment. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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