disillusion
/dɪs.ɪˈluːʒən/
disillusion verb: to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.
Verb
disillusion (third-person singular simple present disillusions, present participle disillusioning, simple past and past participle disillusioned)
- 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.2025, anonymous author, On the Edge of Perception
Noun
disillusion (usually uncountable, plural disillusions)
- 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 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.2025, Independent Submission, “Rewriting Disillusion”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
- Synonyms:
- disillusionment, awakening, clarity, revelation
disillusion meaning in Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
disillusion in Bengali
- মোহভঙ্গ করা
disillusion in Malayalam
- മിഥ്യയിൽനിന്നുള്ള മോചനം, മന്ത്രമോചനം, മാറ്റുന്നമന്ത്രം, മോഹവിമുക്തി
disillusion in Kannada
- ತಪ್ಪರಿವು ಕಳೆ
Synonyms of disillusion
Forms of disillusion
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | disillusions |
| present participle | disillusioning |
| past participle | disillusioned |
| past | disillusioned |
| Noun | |
| plural | disillusions |
Origin of disillusion
From dis- + illusion: literally, the removal or undoing of illusion.
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Questions about disillusion
- What does disillusion mean?
- Disillusion means to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.
- What is disillusion in Bengali?
- Disillusion in Bengali is মোহভঙ্গ করা. See Disillusion meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is disillusion?
- Disillusion can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce disillusion?
- Disillusion is pronounced /dɪs.ɪˈluːʒən/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of disillusion?
- The past tense of disillusion is disillusioned.
Words near disillusion in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: disillusion (page history and authors); disillusion (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disillusion (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disillusion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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