dis·il·lu·sion
ˌdis-ə-ˈlü-zhən 
: the condition of being disenchanted : the condition of being dissatisfied or defeated in expectation or hope
suffered romantic disillusions
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Verb
Working at that store for six months was enough to disillusion me about retail work.
we were disillusioned when we saw how the movie star acted in real life
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Juan Manuel Santos, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
Neptune is the planet of spiritual ideals, creativity, disillusion, and divinity.
—Colin Bedell, Them, 14 Jan. 2025
Robin Fields, ProPublica, 12 Feb. 2025
Fed up and disillusioned, just three months after Danni's death, Farquhar resigned from the sheriff's office.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2025
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Noun
World leaders must meet the challenge or risk fueling despair and disillusion.
—Juan Manuel Santos, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
Neptune is the planet of spiritual ideals, creativity, disillusion, and divinity.
—Colin Bedell, Them, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
Yet his years behind the scenes of the drug’s development left him and his family disillusioned.
—Robin Fields, ProPublica, 12 Feb. 2025
Fed up and disillusioned, just three months after Danni's death, Farquhar resigned from the sheriff's office.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Disillusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disillusion. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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