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noun

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Verb
Honduran Jorge Neftalí Alvarenga was grateful to have escaped the Mexican state of Chiapas along the Guatemalan border, but was already disillusioned. Antonio Castillo and María Verza, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025 Musk’s comments have sparked backlash while garnering the attention of officials overseas, including Gwynne, who’ve been disillusioned by his assertions that are often made in support of far-right parties. Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
Then came President Kais Saied, an uncharismatic constitutional lawyer, who was elected in 2019 on a populist anti-corruption platform that played to Tunisians’ post-revolutionary disillusion with political gridlock and economic stagnation. Ian Bremmer, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024 Their relationship lasted 414 days, brief enough for disillusion not to set in. Roger Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for disillusion 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disillusion
Verb
  • This did nothing to disabuse fans and media of the notion that its executive team is shadowy.
    James Horncastle, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Verb
  • At home on their farm just outside the city, Joana and Estância watched the speech on television, disenchanted.
    Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Evan Bouchard — 77 Fans have been disenchanted with Bouchard’s error rate this season.
    Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Amid this uncertainty, many brands are turning to alternative social commerce platforms.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Gold prices jumped to a over two-month peak on Tuesday, supported by a weaker dollar and as markets flocked to the safe-haven asset as uncertainty surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump's potential tariffs continued to loom.
    Anjana Anil, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025

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