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To disillusion means to cause someone to realize that a belief or ideal they had was false.

(verb)

An example of disillusion is when you tell a small child that Santa isn't real.

Disillusion is defined as disappointment that you feel when you realize something you thought was true wasn't, or when you realize that something you thought was good is not as good as you believed it was.

(noun)

An example of disillusion is what you feel when you find out that Santa isn't real.

See disillusion in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to free from illusion or false ideas; disenchant
to take away the ideals or idealism of and make disappointed, bitter, etc.

noun

disillusionment

See disillusion in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb dis·il·lu·sioned, dis·il·lu·sion·ing, dis·il·lu·sions

To free or deprive of illusion.

noun

The act of disenchanting.
The condition or fact of being disenchanted.

Related Forms:

disˌil·luˈsion·ment noun

disˌil·luˈsive (-sĭv, -zĭv) adjective

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