All 4 Uses of
disillusion
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
- Night witchery and morning disillusion were alike forgotten in the march of realities and days.†
Chpt 15 *disillusion = removal of false belief that something is better than it is; or the disappointment from removal of such a belief
- She tried to free herself from the speculation and disillusionment which had been twitching at her; sought to dismiss all the opinionation of an insurgent era.†
Chpt 15disillusionment = disappointment resulting from losing false belief that something is better than it is
- At half-past three no one had come, and the grocery boy reluctantly got out, cranked his Ford, glared at them in a disillusioned manner, and rattled away.†
Chpt 29disillusioned = disappointed from losing false belief that something is better than it is; or the removal of such a belief
- Disillusions she did have.†
Chpt 37disillusions = removes false belief that something is better than it is
Definition:
disappoint by removal of false belief that something is better than it is