dis|en|chant|ment

dis|en|chant|ment
dis|en|chant|ment «DIHS ehn CHANT muhnt, -CHAHNT-», noun.
a freeing or being freed from enchantment or illusion: »

If the new election is delayed, the disenchantment with [the candidate] might grow enough to defeat him (Wall Street Journal). This general disenchantment with the world…only intensified her sense of forlornness (George Eliot).


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