disillusion

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ illusion

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪs.ɪˈluːʒən/
Rhymes: -uːʒən

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

disillusioned
disillusionment

Translations

to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant

Chinese:
Mandarin: 使幻灭, 使醒悟
Danish: desillusionere
Dutch: ontgoochelen (nl)
Esperanto: elrevigi
French: désillusionner (fr)
German: desillusionieren (de)
Hungarian: kiábrándít (hu)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: desillusjonere
Nynorsk: desillusjonere, desillusjonera
Portuguese: desiludir (pt)
Romanian: deziluziona (ro)
Spanish: desengañar (es)
Swedish: desillusionera (sv)

Noun

disillusion (usually uncountable, plural disillusions)

(countable) The act or process of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief.
(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

Chinese:
Mandarin: 醒悟 (zh)
Czech: deziluze f
Danish: desillusion
French: désillusion (fr) f

German: Desillusion f
Greek: απογοήτευση (el) f (apogoḯtefsi)
Hungarian: kiábrándulás (hu)
Portuguese: desilusão (pt) f
Spanish: desengaño (es)