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Disenchantment

noun

Noun

1
The act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted. countable, uncountable
2
freeing from false belief or illusions wordnet
3
Freeing from false belief or illusions. countable, uncountable
"Disenchantment with the religion led to a sharp fall in church attendance."
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."

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

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