Disillusionment Definition

disilo͝oshənmənt
noun
An act of disillusioning.
Webster's New World
The fact or state of being disillusioned.
Webster's New World
Disillusionment is defined as a feeling of being stripped of your illusions or fantasies, or feeling that something is disappointing because it did not live up to your expectations.
When you go to Disney World and realize it really isn't all that great after all, this is an example of a time when you might experience disillusionment.
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A feeling of disappointment, akin to depression, arising from the realization that something is not what it was expected or believed to be, possibly accompanied by philosophical angst from having one's beliefs challenged.

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Other Word Forms of Disillusionment

Noun

Singular:
disillusionment
Plural:
disillusionments

Origin of Disillusionment

  • dis- +‎ illusion +‎ -ment

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Disillusionment Sentence Examples

  • He had fifteen years left to live, years spent in bitter disillusionment in which he felt his life had been a failure.

  • These deaths in Iraq have led to growing disillusionment in US.

  • The disillusionment that followed was profound.

  • He was under no illusion as to their achievements; his memoir on the work of the congress of Vienna is at once an incisive piece of criticism and a monument of his own disillusionment.

  • During a period of reaction, there was a widespread disillusionment about politics among all sections of the population.

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