disillusion
pronunciation
How to pronounce disillusion in British English:
UK [ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒn]
How to pronounce disillusion in American English:
US [ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒn]
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- Noun:
- freeing from false belief or illusions
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- Verb:
- free from enchantment
Word Origin
- disillusion (v.)
- "to free or be freed from illusion," 1855, from a noun meaning "act of freeing from illusion" (1814); see dis- + illusion. Related: Disillusioned; disillusioning.
Example
- 1. This is the surest path to disillusion and disappointment .
- 2. Disillusion with government is not just felt in the north-east .
- 3. But since march 11th the disillusion has grown a lot stronger .
- 4. There is a whole world of anxiety and disillusion behind those bald employment figures .
- 5. Soon the hope of a miracle was replaced by disillusion and nostalgia .