Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
verb (used with object)
- to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
noun
- a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction; disenchantment.
verb
- (tr) to destroy the ideals, illusions, or false ideas of
noun Also: disillusionment
- the act of disillusioning or the state of being disillusioned
1856, from disillusion + -ment.
“to free or be freed from illusion,” 1855, from a noun meaning “act of freeing from illusion” (1814); see dis- + illusion. Related: Disillusioned; disillusioning.