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disillusion
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
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- 'He was a disillusionment to me,' Pablo said sadly.†
Chpt 10disillusionment = disappointment resulting from losing false belief that something is better than it is
- To me he was a great disillusionment.†
Chpt 10
- I am disillusioned.†
Chpt 10 *disillusioned = disappointed from losing false belief that something is better than it is; or the removal of such a belief
- That had been the first big disillusion to him a few months back and he had started to be cynical to himself about it.†
Chpt 18disillusion = removal of false belief that something is better than it is; or the disappointment from removal of such a belief
- Do not say anything to disillusion them.†
Chpt 39
Definitions:
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(1)
(disillusion) disappoint by removal of false belief that something is better than it is
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)