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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Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
But Washington’s approach to world affairs in recent years, not least in the Middle East, has fed disillusion with American leadership among those countries.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
Luckily, there are several strategies available to help businesses avoid being disillusioned by their AI investments.
—Patrick (pj) Jean, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Noun
For more than a century, the country has oscillated in this way, from periods of restraint, retrenchment, indifference, and disillusion to periods of almost panicked global engagement and interventionism.
—Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
But Washington’s approach to world affairs in recent years, not least in the Middle East, has fed disillusion with American leadership among those countries.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
Verb
At the time, many white nationalists in the 1970s and 1980s were disillusioned by the U.S. failure to win the Vietnam War and wanted to exact a kind of revenge.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
Luckily, there are several strategies available to help businesses avoid being disillusioned by their AI investments.
—Patrick (pj) Jean, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Disillusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disillusion. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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