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disillusioned
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dis-i-
loo
-zh
uh
n
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dis·il·lu·sion
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ɪˈlu
ʒən
/
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dis-i-
loo
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uh
n
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verb (used with object)
1.
to free from or deprive of
illusion
,
belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
noun
2.
a freeing or a being freed from
illusion
or conviction; disenchantment.
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Origin:
1590–1600;
dis-
1
+
illusion
Related forms
dis·il·lu·sion·ment,
noun
dis·il·lu·sive
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sɪv
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,
adjective
un·dis·il·lu·sioned,
adjective
Synonyms
1.
disabuse, disenthrall, undeceive, disappoint.
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Spy fiction falls into two categories: the preposterous and the
disillusioned
.
Fortunately for my academic career, he became increasingly
disillusioned
with the scholarly life and left to pursue other work.
Disillusioned
investors have turned from shares to housing.
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Spy fiction falls into two categories: the preposterous and the
disillusioned
.
Fortunately for my academic career, he became increasingly
disillusioned
with the scholarly life and left to pursue other work.
Disillusioned
investors have turned from shares to housing.
Perhaps being beat to the punch on whoopie pies left them
disillusioned
.
Or the corporate accounting scandals that have left some workers
disillusioned
.
If you're a
disillusioned
failure, everyone who reads your comment should know that you're a
disillusioned
failure.
It is a celebratory work, written by someone who has become
disillusioned
by what is going on today.
Keith said he wrote the song with a collaborator because he was
disillusioned
.
I've become quite
disillusioned
by the whole system.
Both men are
disillusioned
over what was supposed to be their tightest bond: terrorism.
Those who put their faith in scientists will be sadly
disillusioned
.
Rightly or wrongly, they have become
disillusioned
with him.
This, he says, has
disillusioned
party workers and undermined campaigning.
Even some who helped found the party are
disillusioned
.
The
disillusioned
move to other careers as much as to other countries.
Low-ranking paramilitaries have become
disillusioned
with half-hearted reintegration programmes.
His fictionalised portrait of the artist as a young man is recalled by an older,
disillusioned
narrator.
Many
disillusioned
mujahidin say that the parties fail either to supply arms or to achieve political unity.
Hart had grown
disillusioned
with farming when he felt.
To inspire a
disillusioned
unemployed father of three to embrace and excel in a new profession, a little more is required:.
She saw them, and to say she was
disillusioned
is an understatement.
But he became
disillusioned
and eventually joined the anti-Castro forces.
Little wonder that voters became so
disillusioned
that they turned to the revolutionaries' rival.
Markson is a scientist working in weapons technology research, but he has grown
disillusioned
with his employers and the.
Rosengarten had become
disillusioned
with college teaching and wanted to become a food writer.
He is
disillusioned
to discover that to racist employers, his sterling service record is almost worthless.
Many students are
disillusioned
by the reality of graduate school compared to their.
Voters are generally
disillusioned
with post-communist politics.
At first it is exciting, but soon he finds himself
disillusioned
by their shallowness.
Iraqis themselves are understandably
disillusioned
and hostile.
Joseph parishioners bitter,
disillusioned
and uncertain about the future of their church as well.
Indeed, economic woes provide the third explanation why
disillusioned
voters preferred him to the centre-left.
The unemployed lose their skills, and
disillusioned
workers drop out of the.
But voters have grown steadily
disillusioned
with politics.
Colombians are
disillusioned
with their political leaders.
The currency-exchange reform and its aftermath have
disillusioned
people.
Even some of those sitting on the fence have become
disillusioned
by the government's failure to implement promised changes.
Germans in general are
disillusioned
with conventional politics.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
disillusioned
(ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒənd)
—
adj
having lost one's ideals, illusions, or false ideas about someone or something; disenchanted
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
disillusion
"to free or be freed from illusion," 1851, from
dis-
+
illusion
(q.v.). Related: Disillusioned; disillusionment.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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