disillusion

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Etymology

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From dis- +‎ illusion.

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disillusion (third-person singular simple present disillusions, present participle disillusioning, simple past and past participle disillusioned)

  1. (transitive) To free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.

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Noun

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disillusion (usually uncountable, plural disillusions)

  1. (countable) The act or process of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief.
  2. (uncountable) The state of having been or process of becoming freed of false belief.

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