disillusion

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ illusion

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪs.ɪˈluːʒən/

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• Rhymes: -uːʒən

Verb

disillusion (third-person singular simple present disillusions, present participle disillusioning, simple past and past participle disillusioned)

1. (transitive) To free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.

Derived terms

• disillusioned
• disillusionment

Translations

to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant

• Catalan: desenganyar (ca), desenganar (ca) (Balearic)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使幻灭, 使醒悟

• Czech: rozčarovat
• Danish: desillusionere
• Dutch: ontgoochelen (nl)
• Esperanto: elrevigi
• French: désillusionner (fr)
• German: desillusionieren (de)
• Hungarian: kiábrándít (hu)
• Maori: whakamatekiri
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: desillusjonere

  Nynorsk: desillusjonere, desillusjonera

• Portuguese: desiludir (pt)
• Romanian: deziluziona (ro)
• Spanish: desengañar (es)
• Swedish: desillusionera (sv)

Noun

disillusion (usually uncountable, plural disillusions)

1. (countable) The act or process of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief.
2. (uncountable) The state of having been or process of becoming freed of false belief.

Synonyms

• (state of being or becoming free of false belief): disillusionment

Translations

act or state of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief

• Catalan: desil·lusió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 醒悟 (zh) (xǐngwù)

• Czech: deziluze f, rozčarování n
• Danish: desillusion
• French: désillusion (fr) f
• German: Desillusion f
• Greek: απογοήτευση (el) f (apogoḯtefsi)
• Hungarian: kiábrándulás (hu)
• Portuguese: desilusão (pt) f
• Spanish: desengaño (es), desencanto (es)