Disillusionment

dis·il·lu·sion (d

-l

tr.v. dis·il·lu·sioned, dis·il·lu·sion·ing, dis·il·lu·sions

To free or deprive of illusion.

1. The act of disenchanting.

2. The condition or fact of being disenchanted.

disil·lusion·ment n.

disil·lusive (-s

v, -z

v) adj.

Disillusionment

burst [someone’s] bubble To disabuse; to open someone’s eyes; to shatter someone’s illusions; also pop or break [someone’s] bubble and to prick or put a pin in [someone’s] balloon. This expression refers to the fragile nature of both soap bubbles and human illusions.

cut the ground from under See RUINATION.

everything tastes of porridge An expression used to inject a note of reality into our daydreams. The point is that no matter how grandiose our schemes or how successful our self-delusions, the taste of porridge or the reality of our domestic affairs will always be there to impinge on our fantasies. Porridge, formerly a staple in every household, is a most appropriate symbol of the practical, basic nature of home life.

pull the rug out from under See RUINATION.

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Noun

disillusionment - freeing from false belief or illusions

disenchantment, disillusion

edification, sophistication - uplifting enlightenment

disillusionment

noun disenchantment, disappointment, disillusion, enlightenment, rude awakening, lost innocence There is a general sense of disillusionment with the government.

Translations

disillusionment [ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒənmənt] N → desilusión f; (more intense) → desencanto m

disillusionment [ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒ^ənmənt] n → désillusion f
disillusionment with sth/sb → désillusion envers qch/qn

disillusionment

n → Desillusionierung f

disillusionment [ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒ/ənmənt] n → disillusione f, disinganno

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Disappointment
disenchantment
disillusion
dismay
edification
Goldman
Independence
Koestler
letdown
mundaneness
Mundanity
NaIvete
Pasternak
reformation
sophistication
worldliness

The strange thing is that each one who has gone through that bitter disillusionment adds to it in his turn, unconsciously, by the power within him which is stronger than himself.

Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

"Or if not," she continued, pursuing her own thought with a painful application, "if it's not worth while to have given up, to have missed things, so that others may be saved from disillusionment and misery--then everything I came home for, everything that made my other life seem by contrast so bare and so poor because no one there took account of them--all these things are a sham or a dream--"

The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context

Prince Andrew looked at the laughing Speranski with astonishment, regret, and disillusionment.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

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