disillusionment

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as in disenchantment

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Recent Examples of disillusionment Many British gender critical feminists also frame their politics as born from disillusionment with the left. — Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026 However, coercion and the constant specter of war have also fed disillusionment and conflict fatigue. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Aug. 2026 The poetry of this movie, in short, is in Dafoe, who gives his finest performance in years—a long trek from bliss to despair to disillusionment, and finally to the odd contentment and consolation that disillusionment often brings. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026 Her disillusionment was in part the product of Obama’s friendship with Jay-Z, Time reported. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 29 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
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  1. disenchantment
  2. discontent
  3. discontentment
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  • 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
  • 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
Definition of disenchantment
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  • For now, this fuzzy discontent has led to a relatively soft populism, peddled by candidates who are promising universal health care and the cancellation of debt, for instance.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026
  • In the late 1980s, surging food prices inflamed the popular discontent behind the Tiananmen Square protests, which resulted in the massacre of protesters in 1989.
    — Caitlin Welsh, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 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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