Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of disenchanting, or the state of being disenchanted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted.
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- noun the act of
disenchanting or the state of beingdisenchanted - noun
freeing fromfalse belief orillusions
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- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
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Examples
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The disenchantment is rooted in national economic policies that were framed decades ago.
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We are not talking of me, however -- but because of this, which in me you call disenchantment, I am able to understand mamma's wish to leave society, all the more because, if I were in her position, all homage, show, luxury, amusements would for me be as impossible as they are for her.
The Argonauts Eliza Orzeszkowa 1876
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But his mood, that current of fretful optimism alternating with a cavernous disenchantment, is more or less unchanged: “I don’t know if this makes me a bad person or whatever, but it’s hard for me to get interested in other people’s vacations.”
Revenge of the Wimps 2010
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But his mood, that current of fretful optimism alternating with a cavernous disenchantment, is more or less unchanged: “I don’t know if this makes me a bad person or whatever, but it’s hard for me to get interested in other people’s vacations.”
Revenge of the Wimps 2010
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But his mood, that current of fretful optimism alternating with a cavernous disenchantment, is more or less unchanged: “I don’t know if this makes me a bad person or whatever, but it’s hard for me to get interested in other people’s vacations.”
Revenge of the Wimps 2010
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But his mood, that current of fretful optimism alternating with a cavernous disenchantment, is more or less unchanged: “I don’t know if this makes me a bad person or whatever, but it’s hard for me to get interested in other people’s vacations.”
Revenge of the Wimps 2010
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Lost respect for the police; I think that you might find the disenchantment is with your senior officers, who appear to have brain removal surgery, when attending senior officer’s training courses. on April 15, 2009 at 6: 12 pm | Reply thespecialone
Diversity In Action (or ‘inaction’ if you prefer) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Based on Urbana's calculations, for every two ACORN members who continue to support the organization, one has quit in disenchantment.
Peter Dreier: Why ACORN Fell: The Times , Lies, and Videotape Peter Dreier 2010
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Or possibly her disenchantment was a result of her deteriorating personal life.
The Alibi Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1999
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Van Dyk called disenchantment with South Africa's foreign policy and uncertainty of what effect it will have "a major factor in the weakening of the rand."
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This terminology relates to the work of German sociologist Max Weber, who, at the turn of the twentieth century, argued that humans’ increasing ability to understand the world through science was robbing life of magic and mystery — a process he called disenchantment.
How we remember the dead by their digital afterlives Margaret Gibson 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word disenchantment
I love the pictures from Flickr--is that a calving glacier?
February 22, 2011
reesetee commented on the word disenchantment
Must be Disenchantment Bay.
February 22, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word disenchantment
Thank you! Mystery solved.
February 22, 2011