Disillusion Definition

dĭsĭ-lo͝ozhən
disillusioned, disillusions
verb
disillusioned, disillusions
To free from illusion or false ideas; disenchant.
Webster's New World
To take away the ideals or idealism of and make disappointed, bitter, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • disenchant
  • open one's eyes
  • undeceive
  • embitter
  • disabuse
  • free from illusion
  • shatter one's illusions
  • let the air out of
  • bring down
  • bring down to earth
  • knock the props from under
  • show the feet of clay
  • send one's air castles tumbling
  • break the spell
  • burst the bubble
Antonyms:
noun
disillusions
The act of disenchanting.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
The condition or fact of being disenchanted.
American Heritage

(countable) The act or process of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief.

Wiktionary
(uncountable) The state of having been or process of becoming freed of false belief.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Disillusion

Noun

Singular:
disillusion
Plural:
disillusions

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