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Disillusionment
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Meaning
Noun
●
A
feeling
of
disappointment
,
akin
to
depression
,
arising
from the
realization
that something is not what it was
expected
or
believed
to be,
possibly
accompanied
by
philosophical
angst
from having
one's
beliefs
challenged.
●
The
act
of
freeing
from an
illusion
; the
state of being
freed
therefrom.
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Origin
disillusionment
English
-ment
English
-amentum
Latin
dis-
English
illusion
English
Sourced from
Etym
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