disillusion
verb/dɪs.ɪˈluːʒən/UK
Etymology
From dis- + illusion: literally, the removal or undoing of illusion.
Definitions
To free or deprive of illusion
To free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.
- To disillusion a man is not to break him, but to open his eyes to the machinery behind the curtain.
The act or process of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief or illusion.
The state of being freed from a constructed or imposed illusion
The state of being freed from a constructed or imposed illusion; the recognition of an underlying truth previously obscured by a false or controlled narrative.
- Disillusion is not disappointment; it is the breaking of the spell—the moment the veil falls and truth becomes inescapable.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for disillusion. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA