disillusionment
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Loomer’s conversion from Ukraine critic to sympathizer stemmed from her disillusionment with many of her fellow conservative influencers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Martin Luther King Jr described America as manifesting a "schizophrenic personality" long before the nationwide disillusionment with the Dream began.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
The first half of Communion, on Vance’s journey from evangelical Christianity to atheism to Catholicism, takes the reader through his disillusionment with the conservative evangelical churches of his youth.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
Despite political disillusionment, Peruvians' main concern is security, as criminal gangs spread and extortion complaints spiked ninefold in five years.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
C.P. knew that each one had his own story of struggle and disillusionment, and in that moment he felt for them that deepest of all bonds, the bond of shared suffering.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
The Black mustache didn’t end with the disillusionments of the post-civil-rights era.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2020
The experience provides an allegory for Ned’s life: every pool “reflects” something about his personal and professional disillusionments and dissatisfactions.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2015
It, too, is concerned with the disillusionments wrought by war and adulthood.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2015
It was also the beginning of Mitterrand's cyclical flirtations and disillusionments with the Communists.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was the first of many disillusionments that were to come as her capacity to feel things grew.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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