disillusionment

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UK /ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒənmənt/ US /ˌdɪsɪˈluʒənmənt/

noun 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

general, public, widespread | growing

VERB + DISILLUSIONMENT

cause

PREP

~ among

There was growing disillusionment among voters after the politician broke his campaign promises.

~ with

After years of broken promises, many voters expressed their disillusionment with the political party.

Definitions

noun

A feeling of disappointment, akin to depression, arising from the realization that something is not what it was expected or believed to be, possibly accompanied by philosophical angst from having one's beliefs challenged.

But till I am thirty, I know that my youth will triumph over everything- every disillusionment, every disgust with life.

I catch on your face the old sad smile / Of our ancient disillusionment, / When the ardent crowd tries to beguile / Your world-old soul to impassionment.

The act of freeing from an illusion; the state of being freed therefrom.

It is a very wholesome and regenerating change which a man undergoes when he "comes to himself." […] It is a process of disillusionment. The scales have fallen away.

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Synonyms

noun — freeing from false belief or illusions

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Example Bank

But till I am thirty, I know that my youth will triumph over everything- every disillusionment, every disgust with life.

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I catch on your face the old sad smile / Of our ancient disillusionment, / When the ardent crowd tries to beguile / Your world-old soul to impassionment.

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They were self-conscious of their disillusionment and demoralization, and their spokesmen—the artists and journalists among them—publicized their cynicism so successfully that it came to be regarded a

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Once you start dating the sleazy old professor, disillusionment sets in.

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The aphorism is, how to say it?, the champagne of melancholia; each short statement encapsulates years of disillusionment distilled in a moment of intoxication.

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Widespread unemployment and disillusionment about the political process have kept many young people away from the polls in this year's elections.

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