NSW Opportunity Class

Learn “Disillusion”

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Disillusion

verb/dis-ih-LOO-zhuhn/

Meaning

To make someone realise that something they believed in is not as good or true as they thought.

In context

Losing every match disillusioned him about the club he had loved.

Remember it

Dis- (undo) + illusion: it undoes a happy illusion and shows the plain truth.

Use it well

Often used as 'disillusioned with/by'; suggests lost hope after seeing reality.