disillusionment

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Recent Examples of disillusionment Her disillusionment was in part the product of Obama’s friendship with Jay-Z, Time reported. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 29 July 2026 My approach is often to be as direct as possible with mentees, even at the risk of disillusionment. — Literary Hub, 27 July 2026 Masli said the show grew out of her disillusionment with show business. — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026 So now, after months of disillusionment and falling prices, those precious-metal denizens still engaged would like to know where the bottom is for the gold and silver market. — Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 There’s a laboriousness to the way the writers set up Camille’s growing disillusionment through multiple scenes where the full implications of the Algorithm’s plans begin to dawn on her. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 July 2026 Historic lows in the public’s confidence in the judiciary; the public’s disillusionment that a fair and independent judiciary exists. — Jacob M. Noble, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2026 Halliwell left Spice Girls in May 1998, citing creative differences with the group, disillusionment and exhaustion as her reasons for departing. — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026 Platner blamed all this on PTSD and political disillusionment. — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2026
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  1. disenchantment
  2. discontent
  3. discontentment
Noun
  • 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, 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, ABC News, 1 June 2026
Definition of disenchantment
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  • The Telegram restrictions have elicited widespread discontent in Russia, and this year activists in multiple regions tried to organize protests against it, but authorities quashed nearly all their attempts.
    — Dasha Litvinova, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • When in May the government admitted that the exam papers for medical and dental courses had been leaked and that millions would have to re-sit nationwide, long held discontent exploded into widespread anger.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Definition of discontent
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  • Mbappe almost became the poster boy for general discontentment as Madrid’s season slipped away following the sacking of Xabi Alonso in January.
    — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • However, with the LLC and Fictitious Business Name registrations lapsed, the Ziyadehs had little recourse other than to voice their discontentment.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026
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