disillusionment
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disillusionment
- /ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒənmənt/ UK
- /ˌdɪsɪˈljuːʒənmənt/ UK
- /ˌdɪsɪˈluʒənmənt/ Canada, US
- /ˌdɪsəˈluʒənmənt/ Canada, US
- /ˌdɪsəˈlʉːʒənmənt/ Australia
Where it comes from
From dis- + illusion + -ment.
noun disillusionments
- 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. But till I am thirty, I know that my youth will triumph over everything- every disillusionment, every disgust with life.
- The act of freeing from an illusion; the state of being freed therefrom. It is a very wholesome and regenerating change which a man undergoes when he "comes to himself." […] It is a process of disillusionment. The scales have fallen away.
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noun feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be
| Español | desilusión |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 幻滅 genmetsu, 失望 shitsubō |
| 中文 | 幻滅 /幻灭 huànmiè, 失望 shīwàng |
| Français | désillusion |
| Deutsch | Desillusionierung, Enttäuschung, Ernüchterung |
| Ελληνικά | απογοήτευση apogoḯtefsi |
| Русский | разочаро́ванность razočaróvannostʹ, разочарова́ние razočarovánije |
noun act of freeing from an illusion
| Español | desilusión, desilusionamiento |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 幻滅 genmetsu |
| 中文 | 幻滅 /幻灭 huànmiè |
| Français | désillusion |
| Deutsch | Desillusionierung, Ernüchterung |
| Русский | разочарова́ние razočarovánije, утра́та иллю́зий utráta illjúzij, круше́ние иллю́зий krušénije illjúzij |
Talk about this word "disillusionment." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/disillusionment. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. disillusionment. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/disillusionment "disillusionment." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/disillusionment.Cite this
@misc{disillusionment_2026,
title = {disillusionment},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disillusionment},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
