disillusionment

[ dis-i-loo-zhuhn-muhnt ]
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noun
  1. 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 Johnson
  • But all the same, I have learned from many disillusionments to be afraid of overdoing emotionalism in religion.

    A Labrador Doctor | Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
  • Rather it should reconcile us to the disillusionments of this present time of transition.

    Change in the Village | (AKA George Bourne) George Sturt
  • How they lured the traveler past the soul-killing monotonies, the bleak disillusionments!

    The Blood Red Dawn | Charles Caldwell Dobie
  • We mean all his hopes and fears, his victories and defeats; his faiths and his disillusionments.

    Not Guilty | Robert Blatchford