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
Synonyms:
Origin of Disillusion
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dis- + illusion
From Wiktionary
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