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disenchantments

disenchantments is the plural of disenchantment.

Meaning of disenchantment

Noun

disenchantment (countable and uncountable, plural disenchantments)

  1. The act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted.
  2. Freeing from false belief or illusions.
    • Disenchantment with the religion led to a sharp fall in church attendance.
  3. The devaluation of religion or mysticism apparent in modern society.
    • Blumenberg's thesis, which has since been reiterated by a number of philosophers and historians, is that nominalism, as it became widespread in Protestant theology, led to the Enlightenment, disenchantment, and the scientific revolution.2021, Meghan O'Gieblyn, chapter 11, in God, Human, Animal, Machine […] , →ISBN

Questions about disenchantments

What is disenchantments the plural of?
Disenchantments is the plural of disenchantment.

Words near disenchantments in the dictionary

  1. disenchanter
  2. disenchanters
  3. disenchanting
  4. disenchantingly
  5. disenchantment
  6. disenchantments
  7. disenchantress
  8. disenchantresses
  9. disenchants
  10. disencharm
  11. disencharmed

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