as in to disabuse
to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes
if you thought that you could pass this course without doing any work, let me be the first to disenchant you
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Recent Examples of disenchant
Sylvester was already disenchanted with the growing inequality in the valley and the environmental cost of all the energy needed to power crypto, AI and data centers.
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Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Like many in my friend group, I’ve been increasingly disenchanted with a social network that seemed to show nothing from my actual friends.
—John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
By the time Moynihan’s second paper came out, many white liberals, distracted by the war in Vietnam and disenchanted by Black militancy, had given up on the crusade for civil rights.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Studio executives and agents have been frustrated by the high cost of sending people to Park City, while some locals have grown disenchanted with the influx of fans and press into their tiny hamlet.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
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Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Like many in my friend group, I’ve been increasingly disenchanted with a social network that seemed to show nothing from my actual friends.
—John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
By the time Moynihan’s second paper came out, many white liberals, distracted by the war in Vietnam and disenchanted by Black militancy, had given up on the crusade for civil rights.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Studio executives and agents have been frustrated by the high cost of sending people to Park City, while some locals have grown disenchanted with the influx of fans and press into their tiny hamlet.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenchant
Verb
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But my more seasoned friends disabused me of that notion.—
Anonymous,
Vogue,
10 May 2025
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To do this, the U.S. policymakers must first disabuse themselves of the notion that there can be a neat line drawn between what happens within Yemen and what happens in the Red Sea or the broader region, particularly in the Gulf.—
April Longley Alley,
Foreign Affairs,
9 May 2025
Verb
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But since arriving in the United States, Juan has become disillusioned with the opportunities that are actually available to him.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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In a Congress with an average age of 59, Foxx is trying to lean into the symbolism of generational change of which many disillusioned Democratic voters say the party is in desperate need.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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Royal protocol advises that George will no longer be allowed to fly with his father, Prince William.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
29 July 2025
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According to Jim Glenn, a lecturer at Yale who advised a student doing cribbage research, the key to making this work was by selectively shrinking the number of outcomes for the computer to search.—
Andrew Montequin,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
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