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disillusion
UK/dɪs.ɪˈluːʒən/
verb
What it means
- transitiveTo free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.
To disillusion a man is not to break him, but to open his eyes to the machinery behind the curtain.
2025, anonymous author, On the Edge of Perception
In a sentence
To disillusion a man is not to break him, but to open his eyes to the machinery behind the curtain.
2025, anonymous author, On the Edge of Perception
Where it comes from
From dis- + illusion: literally, the removal or undoing of illusion.
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