| Pronunciation: | | `disi'loozhun
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| Matching Terms: | | disillusioned, disillusioning, disillusionize, disillusionment
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- [n] freeing from false belief or illusions
- [v] free from enchantment
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| | Synonyms: | | disenchant, disenchantment, disillusionment |
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| | Antonyms: | | delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport |
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| | See Also: | | disappoint, edification, let down, sophistication |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Dis`il*lu"sion\, n.
The act or process of freeing from an illusion, or the state
of being freed therefrom. --Lowell.
\Dis`il*lu"sion\, v. t.
To free from an illusion; to disillusionize.
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