as in to disabuse
to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes
we were disillusioned when we saw how the movie star acted in real life
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Recent Examples of disillusion
Anisha Sircar, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Third-party candidates played a minimal role in the Detroit vote: Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate who tried to court voters disillusioned with the Biden administration's approach to the war in Gaza, received just under 2,000 votes.
—Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024
Roger Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024
Some more mundane elements of the military lifestyle are also contributing to rising disillusion within the warrior caste.
—Gil Barndollar, Vox, 1 Sep. 2024
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Verb
Still, Bluesky may need to tread carefully to avoid replicating the very issues driving users from X.
For users disillusioned by X’s unpredictability, Bluesky offers a promising alternative with its emphasis on decentralization and user control.
—Anisha Sircar, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Third-party candidates played a minimal role in the Detroit vote: Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate who tried to court voters disillusioned with the Biden administration's approach to the war in Gaza, received just under 2,000 votes.
—Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
Their relationship lasted 414 days, brief enough for disillusion not to set in.
—Roger Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024
Some more mundane elements of the military lifestyle are also contributing to rising disillusion within the warrior caste.
—Gil Barndollar, Vox, 1 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disillusion
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For true believers in the cult of social justice, even Mangum’s confession will not disabuse them of their belief that those who are born into the wrong identities are the illegitimate beneficiaries of generational theft.The Editors, National Review, 17 Dec. 2024
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For starters, we should be disabused of the canard that an incumbent president would be handcuffed in discharging constitutional duties if subject to prosecution.Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
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As campaigning for the June 6-9 event heats up, mainstream parties fear that disenchanted voters might turn to the people at NatCon 2024.Lorne Cook, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
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Jane Hall, Associate Professor, School of Communication, American University Trump's appearance on Rogan's podcast plays into Trump's strategy of bypassing traditional media to reach a demographic disenchanted with mainstream outlets.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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This difference, which cannot easily be explained by random errors or uncertainties, is the Hubble tension.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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So could uncertainty regarding the future of Lebanon and Syria.Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Disillusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disillusion. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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