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Recent Examples of disillusionment
Perhaps a serious literary consideration of ambition, one that breaks through the shell of Millennial disillusionment that has hardened around the subject in recent years, would need to follow Orlean’s lead in focusing on craft.
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Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Sadly, Ilya may still have to do this, as foreshadowed by his brother’s homophobia and his disillusionment with Russia writ large.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
The disillusionment narrative makes for compelling headlines.
—Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Her toughness is a result of loss — her father’s death and the disillusionment of witnessing her mother’s affair — shaping a survival instinct that keeps her guarded.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
In former democracies, that trend is rooted in popular disillusionment with traditional elites.
—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has written for Business Insider about her personal disillusionment after her stint at Columbia led to a verbal, later rescinded offer to be an economist at USAID.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
Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Sadly, Ilya may still have to do this, as foreshadowed by his brother’s homophobia and his disillusionment with Russia writ large.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
The disillusionment narrative makes for compelling headlines.
—Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Her toughness is a result of loss — her father’s death and the disillusionment of witnessing her mother’s affair — shaping a survival instinct that keeps her guarded.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
In former democracies, that trend is rooted in popular disillusionment with traditional elites.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disillusionment
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In the five decades since Portugal threw off its fascist dictatorship, a presidential election has only once before — in 1986 — required a runoff, highlighting how fragmented the political landscape has become with the rise of the far-right and voter disenchantment with mainstream parties.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
18 Jan. 2026
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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
Noun
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Before the White House could even respond there were protests on the ground, demands for accountability, calls to abolish ICE and palpable discontent from across the political spectrum.—
Jamelle Bouie,
Mercury News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Saturn leaving Pisces on February 13 lifts the heavy blanket of sorrow and exhaustion that’s been dampening your life force for the last three years, freeing you to unthaw a bit from the winter of your discontent.—
Steph Koyfman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 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 7 Feb. 2026.
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