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disillusion
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  • With the release of the Watergate tapes in the 1970s, many Americans became disillusioned with government.
    disillusioned = disappointed from losing false belief that something is better than it is
  • Why should I disillusion them?  (source)
    disillusion = disappoint by removal of false belief that something is better than it is
  • "Who wants a Winter Carnival?" he said in the disillusioned way he had lately developed when I brought it up.  (source)
    disillusioned = disappointed from losing false belief that something is better than it is
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  • Her interpretation of his words disillusioned him.  (source)
    disillusioned = disappointed by removing false belief that something is better than it is
  • All Lev knows is that someday soon the world will suffer a small part of the loss and the emptiness and the utter disillusionment he feels inside.†  (source)
    disillusionment = disappointment resulting from losing false belief that something is better than it is
  • But I must disillusion you a little.  (source)
    disillusion = disappoint by removing false belief that something is better than it is
  • It was disillusioning to know how carelessly he used both to do laps in the heady pool of politics.†  (source)
    disillusioning = removing false belief that something is better than it is
  • It is possible that I was mistaken and I do not willfully invite any disillusions at this point in my life.†  (source)
    disillusions = removes false belief that something is better than it is
  • The truth seems to be that a long line of disillusive centuries has permanently displaced the Hellenic idea of life, or whatever it may be called.†  (source)
    disillusive = tending to remove false belief that something is better than it is
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.
  • We were disillusioned and disappointed.†  (source)
    disillusioned = disappointed from losing false belief that something is better than it is; or the removal of such a belief
  • But I was beyond such childishness; I was breathing the high bleak air of disillusionment, or thought I was.†  (source)
    disillusionment = disappointment resulting from losing false belief that something is better than it is
  • But however indubitable that conclusion and the officer's conviction based upon it, Pierre felt it necessary to disillusion him.  (source)
    disillusion = disappoint by removing false belief that something is better than it is
  • In light of the bold and defiant line we had taken all along, an appeal would seem anticlimactic and even disillusioning.†  (source)
    disillusioning = removing false belief that something is better than it is
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