disillusionment
the loss or destruction of illusions or idealistic beliefs; the state of having lost such illusions or beliefs:Her bitterness and disillusionment were complete when he refused to investigate the corruption she reported because he was in business with some of the people involved.
Origin of disillusionment
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How to use disillusionment in a sentence
But the Skippy Bedelle, who had assumed the trials and tribulations of manhood, had profited by the first disillusionments.
Skippy Bedelle | Owen JohnsonBut all the same, I have learned from many disillusionments to be afraid of overdoing emotionalism in religion.
A Labrador Doctor | Wilfred Thomason GrenfellRather it should reconcile us to the disillusionments of this present time of transition.
Change in the Village | (AKA George Bourne) George SturtHow they lured the traveler past the soul-killing monotonies, the bleak disillusionments!
The Blood Red Dawn | Charles Caldwell DobieWe mean all his hopes and fears, his victories and defeats; his faiths and his disillusionments.
Not Guilty | Robert Blatchford
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