disillusion
Example Sentences
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With security experts questioning the efficacy of megaprisons and other hardline measures on crime, voters might soon grow disillusioned with the lack of real progress, he said.
But he was disillusioned — by the raids, L.A.’s homelessness crisis, high healthcare costs.
From Los Angeles Times
Growing up in Miami, Barcelo felt disillusioned while pursuing a dance career in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times
These enlightenment heroes, manifesting in our present day as populists, compel Gen Z to become disillusioned with the establishment and support radical ideas on both sides of the aisle.
But notes of disillusion sound throughout this ostensible success story.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.