Disenchantment

noun

noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    freeing from false belief or illusions wordnet
  3. 3
    Freeing from false belief or illusions. countable, uncountable

    "Disenchantment with the religion led to a sharp fall in church attendance."

  4. 4
    The devaluation of religion or mysticism apparent in modern society. countable, uncountable

    "Blumenberg's thesis, which has since been reiterated by a number of philosophers and historians, is that nominalism, as it became widespread in Protestant theology, led to the Enlightenment, disenchantment, and the scientific revolution."

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"Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass."

Etymology

From dis- + enchantment. In the social sciences sense a calque of German Entzauberung, as used by sociologist Max Weber.

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