Disillusion can become itself an illusion if we rest in it.
Source: tatoeba (1773023)
Disillusion
Synonyms for "disillusion" (90 found)
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3 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 17 languages.
Catalan
3 entries- desil·lusió noun (act or state of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief)
- desenganar verb (to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant)
- desenganyar verb (to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 醒悟 noun (act or state of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief)
- 使幻灭 verb (to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant)
- 使醒悟 verb (to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant)
Czech
3 entries- deziluze noun (act or state of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief)
- rozčarování noun (act or state of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief)
- rozčarovat verb (to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant)
Danish
2 entries- desillusion noun (act or state of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief)
- desillusionere verb (to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant)
Dutch
1 entries- ontgoochelen verb (to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant)
Esperanto
1 entries- elrevigi verb (to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant)
French
2 entries- désillusion noun (act or state of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief)
- désillusionner verb (to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant)
German
2 entries- Desillusion noun (act or state of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief)
- desillusionieren verb (to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant)
Greek
1 entries- απογοήτευση noun (act or state of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief)
Hungarian
2 entries- kiábrándulás noun (act or state of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief)
- kiábrándít verb (to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant)
Māori
1 entries- whakamatekiri verb (to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- desillusjonere verb (to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- desillusjonera verb (to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant)
- desillusjonere verb (to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant)
Portuguese
2 entries- desilusão noun (act or state of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief)
- desiludir verb (to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant)
Romanian
1 entries- deziluziona verb (to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant)
Spanish
4 entries- desencanto noun (act or state of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief)
- desengaño noun (act or state of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief)
- desilusión noun (act or state of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief)
- desaficionar verb (to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant)
Swedish
1 entries- desillusionera verb (to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
ATARASHII GAKKO! made new video clips with Captain Disillusion.
Source: tatoeba (11037470)
To disillusion a man is not to break him, but to open his eyes to the machinery behind the curtain.
Source: wiktionary
Disillusion is not disappointment; it is the breaking of the spell—the moment the veil falls and truth becomes inescapable.
Source: wiktionary
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