Both Uses of
disillusion
in
Killing Kennedy
- He passes the time in their small cabin writing rants about his growing disillusionment with governmental power.†
p. 87.4 *disillusionment = disappointment resulting from losing false belief that something is better than it is
- The murders of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, coupled with the drawn-out American involvement in Vietnam, led to a national sense of disillusionment that was the diametric opposite of Camelot's hope and optimism.†
p. 299.1
Definition:
disappoint by removal of false belief that something is better than it is