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Word entry · 15 letters

disillusionment

Best crossword clue

"Loss of naive belief"

15 letters · collected on this word page

15 lettersPronunciation /ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒənmənt/Part of speech nounSorted deiiillmnnosstuStarts with DEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. freeing from false belief or illusions

Word origin

From dis- + illusion + -ment.

Used in a sentence

  • But till I am thirty, I know that my youth will triumph over everything- every disillusionment, every disgust with life.
  • I catch on your face the old sad smile / Of our ancient disillusionment, / When the ardent crowd tries to beguile / Your world-old soul to impassionment.
  • It is a very wholesome and regenerating change which a man undergoes when he "comes to himself." […] It is a process of disillusionment. The scales have fallen away.

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