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- [dis-i-loo-zhuh n]
- /ˌdɪs ɪˈlu ʒən/
- /ˌdɪs.ɪˈluː.ʒən/
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- [dis-i-loo-zhuh n]
- /ˌdɪs ɪˈlu ʒən/
Definitions of disillusion word
- verb with object disillusion to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant. 1
- noun disillusion a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction; disenchantment. 1
- noun disillusion Disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be. 1
- abbreviation DISILLUSION disillusionment 1
- transitive verb disillusion disabuse, enlighten 1
- abbreviation DISILLUSION disappoint 0
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Origin of disillusion
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600; dis-1 + illusion
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Parts of speech for Disillusion
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
disillusion popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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verb disillusion
- disappoint — to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us.
- disabuse — to free (a person) from deception or error.
- disenthrall — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- open one's eyes — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
noun disillusion
- arriere-pensee — an unrevealed thought or intention
- thunderbolt — a flash of lightning with the accompanying thunder.
- disenchantment — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- disillusionment — to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
- success — the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals.
Antonyms for disillusion
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