Disillusionment
[dɪsɪ'luːʒ(ə)nm(ə)nt] or [,dɪsɪ'luʒnmənt]
Definition
(n.) The act of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.
Checker: Mollie
Examples
- It was premature disillusionment that caused the Russian collapse. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Wells has been savage and often unfair about the Fabian Society, but in The New Machiavelli he touched, I believe, the real disillusionment. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- To me he was a great disillusionment. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He was a disillusionment to me,' Pablo said sadly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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