All 6 Uses of
disillusion
in
War and Peace
- Prince Andrew looked at the laughing Speranski with astonishment, regret, and disillusionment.†
Chpt 6
- Where was his spleen, his contempt for life, his disillusionment?†
Chpt 6
- But in spite of that she seemed to be disillusioned about everything and told everyone that she did not believe either in friendship or in love, or any of the joys of life, and expected peace only "yonder."
Chpt 8 *disillusioned = disappointed by removal of false belief that something is better than it is
- To Boris, Julie was particularly gracious: she regretted his early disillusionment with life, offered him such consolation of friendship as she who had herself suffered so much could render, and showed him her album.†
Chpt 8
- Of a fourth opinion the most conspicuous representative was the Tsarevich, who could not forget his disillusionment at Austerlitz, where he had ridden out at the head of the Guards, in his casque and cavalry uniform as to a review, expecting to crush the French gallantly; but unexpectedly finding himself in the front line had narrowly escaped amid the general confusion.†
Chpt 9
- But however indubitable that conclusion and the officer's conviction based upon it, Pierre felt it necessary to disillusion him.
Chpt 11disillusion = disappoint by removing false belief that something is better than it is
Definition:
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(disillusion) disappoint by removal of false belief that something is better than it is