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disillusionist

disillusionist adjective: characterized by feelings of disillusionment.

Adjective

disillusionist

  1. Characterized by feelings of disillusionment.
    • Much of the isolationist case against European involvements during the 1930s revolved around the disillusionist memories and lessons of World War I.1996, Eric Nordlinger, Isolationism Reconfigured, page 188
    • Consequently, movie theaters between 1930 and 1934 were filled with disillusionist antiwar films both American and foreign, […]2008, Peter C. Rollins, John E. O'Connor, Why We Fought: America's Wars in Film and History, page 199

Noun

disillusionist (plural disillusionists)

  1. A person who has feelings of disillusionment.

Forms of disillusionist

pluraldisillusionists

Questions about disillusionist

What does disillusionist mean?
Disillusionist means characterized by feelings of disillusionment.
What part of speech is disillusionist?
Disillusionist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near disillusionist in the dictionary

  1. disillusioning
  2. disillusionise
  3. disillusionised
  4. disillusionises
  5. disillusionising
  6. disillusionist
  7. disillusionists
  8. disillusionize
  9. disillusionized
  10. disillusionizer
  11. disillusionizers

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