Etymology

disenchantment

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Today it means: The act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted. Full definition →

German Entzauberung
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  1. German · calque ofEntzauberung
  2. English todaydisenchantment

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

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