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disillusionment

[dis-i-loo-zhuhn-muhnt] / ˌdɪs ɪˈlu ʒən mənt /




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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

Egan's assessment is that the disillusionment with Labour is now being expressed in a different way.

From BBC Jun. 15, 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

Realism is achieved not through bare-bones scenic furniture but through the combustible relationships of characters who exist with one another in a purgatory of disillusionment.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

They were tears of grief, of anger, of disillusionment.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

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

Fair warning: a generation after 58,000 Americans and 650,000 Vietnamese died fighting one another, Clinton's fresh start may prefigure some disillusionments.

From Time Magazine Archive

It too now seems convincing to many archaeologists, but caution is warranted in view of all the previous disillusionments.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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