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disillusionize

disillusionize verb: to disillusion, disabuse, free from illusion.

Verb

disillusionize (third-person singular simple present disillusionizes, present participle disillusionizing, simple past and past participle disillusionized)

  1. (transitive) To disillusion, disabuse, free from illusion.

Forms of disillusionize

third-person singular presentdisillusionizes
present participledisillusionizing
past participledisillusionized
pastdisillusionized

Origin of disillusionize

From dis- + illusion + -ize.

Words formed from disillusionize

Questions about disillusionize

What does disillusionize mean?
Disillusionize means to disillusion, disabuse, free from illusion.
What part of speech is disillusionize?
Disillusionize is a verb.
What is the past tense of disillusionize?
The past tense of disillusionize is disillusionized.

Words near disillusionize in the dictionary

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

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