- disillusionment
- dis|il|lu|sion|ment [ ,dısı`luʒnmənt ] noun uncountthe disappointed feeling you have when you discover that someone or something is not as good as you had believed
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Disillusionment — Dis il*lu sion*ment, n. The act of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disillusionment — [dis΄i lo͞o′zhənmənt] n. 1. an act of disillusioning 2. the fact or state of being disillusioned * * * See disillusion. * * * … Universalium
disillusionment — index disparagement Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
disillusionment — 1856, from DISILLUSION (Cf. disillusion) + MENT (Cf. ment) … Etymology dictionary
disillusionment — [dis΄i lo͞o′zhənmənt] n. 1. an act of disillusioning 2. the fact or state of being disillusioned … English World dictionary
disillusionment — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ general, popular (esp. AmE), public, widespread ▪ growing ▪ political VERB + DISILLUSIONMENT … Collocations dictionary
disillusionment — [[t]dɪ̱sɪlu͟ːʒ(ə)nmənt[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft N with n Disillusionment is the disappointment that you feel when you discover that something is not as good as you had expected or thought. There is evidence of a general sense of disillusionment with… … English dictionary
disillusionment — noun a) A feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be, commonly held to be stronger than disappointment especially when a belief central to one’s identity is shown to be false. But till I am thirty,… … Wiktionary
disillusionment — disillusion ► NOUN ▪ disappointment from discovering that something is not as good as one believed it to be. ► VERB ▪ cause to experience disillusion. DERIVATIVES disillusioned adjective disillusionment noun … English terms dictionary
Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock — is a poem from Wallace Stevens s first book of poetry, Harmonium. It was first published in 1915, and it is in the public domain.[1] Disillusionment of Ten O Clock The houses are haunted By white night gowns.… … Wikipedia
disillusionment — noun see disillusion II … New Collegiate Dictionary
