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disillusionment Definition

dis·il·lu·sion·ment (-mənt)

noun

  1. an act of disillusioning
  2. the fact or state of being disillusioned
disillusionment Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • electorate: The low turnout in the election shows the disillusionment of the electorate with the options offered by the main parties.
  • generation: The slaughter of 4,000,000 Vietnamese and the disillusionment of a generation?
  • people: As noted, the issue facing the community reflected in this third section is the disillusionment of the people with their historical circumstances.

Preposition: with

  • politics: The sense of disillusionment with mainstream politics is immense.
  • party: In a number of European countries, notably France the far right has cashed in on disillusionment with the mainstream parties.
  • government: Nor can there be any doubting the voters ' level of disillusionment with the government.
  • process: Instead they have sought to gain from the disillusionment with the peace process.
  • system: The same experience of life under the Tories stands behind disillusionment with the legal system.

Adjective modifier

  • widespread: During a period of reaction, there was a widespread disillusionment about politics among all sections of the population.
  • bitter: He had fifteen years left to live, years spent in bitter disillusionment in which he felt his life had been a failure.
  • deep: Of course it is not, it is a sign of deep disillusionment with all establishment parties.
  • popular: Corruption also undermines fragile democratic systems, by fueling popular disillusionment with politics.
  • political: Catch 21 - unlike Catch22 - provides a way out - a way out of political disillusionment.
  • general: Ready availability of counseling and advice for all teachers would help minimize drop-out and general disillusionment.

Converse of object

  • grow: These deaths in Iraq have led to growing disillusionment in US.
  • express: The defeat of a series of right wing governments expressed a deep disillusionment with the existing political establishment.
  • increase: It sounds to me like a recipe for an empty life now, and increasing disillusionment in the future.
  • cause: This has caused disillusionment in a private sector reluctant to waste bidding costs where lowest price wins at the end of the day.
  • create: The impasse of the bureaucracy created widespread disillusionment in the working class.
  • suffer: The stability of the proletariat's position dropped still lower, after the losses and disillusionments already suffered.
disillusionment Quotes

Disillusionment inliving isthefindingout nobodyagrees with you . . .Complete disillusionment is when you realise that no one can for they can't change.

—Stein, Gertrude

We were now actually in the inner sanctuary of the Nanda Devi Basin, and at each step I experienced that subtlethrill which anyone of imagination must feel when treading hitherto unexplored country† My most blissful dream as a child was to be in some such valley, free to wander where I liked, and discover for myself some hitherto unrevealed glory of Nature. Now the reality was no less wonderful than that half-forgotten dream; and of how many childish fancies can that be said, in this age of disillusionment ?

—Shipton, Eric Earle