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Recent Examples of disenchantment
The Bachelor’snext few years may hinge entirely on its ability to sell romance in an era defined, above all, by disenchantment.
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Shamira Ibrahim, HollywoodReporter, 25 Mar. 2026
Yet, according to many people familiar with the matter, Netflix’s disenchantment is not a recent phenomenon.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
Yet the search for solutions resulted only in more disenchantment.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Public disenchantment with the Iraq war did much to power Barack Obama’s unlikely victory four years later.
—Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
Siddhartha Deb’s memoir of disenchantment, from Calcutta to Columbia.
—Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
In the five decades since Portugal threw off its fascist dictatorship, a presidential election has only once before — in 1986 — required a runoff, highlighting how fragmented the political landscape has become with the rise of the far-right and voter disenchantment with mainstream parties.
—Reuters, NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
In November, Johnson, fed up with McNamara’s disenchantment and his pleadings for a policy shift toward negotiations, announced that the defense secretary would depart the administration to lead the World Bank—in effect, firing him.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
In it, Kingsnorth chronicles his disenchantment with the activism that had once been his life’s work—the very kind of advocacy that had driven many of my students, that had driven me, into that classroom in the first place.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2025
Shamira Ibrahim, HollywoodReporter, 25 Mar. 2026
Yet, according to many people familiar with the matter, Netflix’s disenchantment is not a recent phenomenon.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
Yet the search for solutions resulted only in more disenchantment.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Public disenchantment with the Iraq war did much to power Barack Obama’s unlikely victory four years later.
—Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
Siddhartha Deb’s memoir of disenchantment, from Calcutta to Columbia.
—Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
In the five decades since Portugal threw off its fascist dictatorship, a presidential election has only once before — in 1986 — required a runoff, highlighting how fragmented the political landscape has become with the rise of the far-right and voter disenchantment with mainstream parties.
—Reuters, NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
In November, Johnson, fed up with McNamara’s disenchantment and his pleadings for a policy shift toward negotiations, announced that the defense secretary would depart the administration to lead the World Bank—in effect, firing him.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
In it, Kingsnorth chronicles his disenchantment with the activism that had once been his life’s work—the very kind of advocacy that had driven many of my students, that had driven me, into that classroom in the first place.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenchantment
Noun
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September 11th and the wars that followed were the occasion for disillusionment with the Democratic establishment; Obama’s first Presidential campaign offered a glimpse of an alternative, followed by further disillusionment.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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Infiniti lets us in on Agnes’ mounting disillusionment in small doses hinting at pain and, possibly, rage (add Carrie to the underdeveloped influences).—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Depictions of the suburbs have long been a mirror for the nation’s discontents.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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But the recent aggressive suppression of digital freedoms including a major internet blackout and the throttling of a popular messaging app has led to rare calls for public display of discontent.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Disenchantment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenchantment. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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