Noun
The act of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.
Source: Webster's dictionaryDisillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you completely in anything. Gertrude Stein
We remain in the Romantic cycle initiated by Rousseau: liberal idealism canceled by violence, barbarism, disillusionment and cynicism. Camille Paglia
Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair. Bell hooks
Belief in one's identity as a poet or writer prior to the acid test of publication is as naive and harmless as the youthful belief in one's immortality... and the inevitable disillusionment is just as painful. Dan Simmons
No one has done good who has not suffered disillusionment. Chilean Proverb
No one has done good who has not suffered disillusionment. South American Proverb