disillusionment

Noun

Meaning

The act of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

disillusion disenchantment failure defeat decline blow distress regret disappointment frustration discontent dissatisfaction agitation disapproval bitterness
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Antonyms

content respect approval trust confidence pleasure
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Hypernyms

sophistication edification

Examples

Disillusionment 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

Close letter words and terms

disillusionist disillusionize disillusionizer disillusive disillusory disiloxane