DISILLUSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disillusion mean? 

• DISILLUSION (noun)
  The noun DISILLUSION has 1 sense:

1. freeing from false belief or illusions

  Familiarity information: DISILLUSION used as a noun is very rare.

• DISILLUSION (verb)
  The verb DISILLUSION has 1 sense:

1. free from enchantment

  Familiarity information: DISILLUSION used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISILLUSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Freeing from false belief or illusions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

disenchantment; disillusion; disillusionment

Hypernyms ("disillusion" is a kind of...):

edification; sophistication (uplifting enlightenment)

Derivation:

disillusion (free from enchantment)

• DISILLUSION (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they disillusion    ... he / she / it disillusions   
Past simple: disillusioned   
Past participle: disillusioned   
-ing form: disillusioning   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Free from enchantment

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

disenchant; disillusion

Hypernyms (to "disillusion" is one way to...):

disappoint; let down (fail to meet the hopes or expectations of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to disillusion Sue

Derivation:

disillusion; disillusionment (freeing from false belief or illusions)

 Context examples 

Before the evening was half over, Jo felt so completely disillusioned, that she sat down in a corner to recover herself.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I had always conceived a burial at sea to be a very solemn and awe-inspiring event, but I was quickly disillusioned, by this burial at any rate.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)