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单词 disillusion
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disillusionn.

/dɪsɪˈl(j)uːʒən/
Etymology: < dis- prefix 1e, 2d + illusion n. Compare modern French désillusion.
I. [dis- prefix 1e.]
1. Illusion, delusion. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [noun]
swikingc1000
illusionc1340
phantoma1375
phantomya1400
delusion1526
elusion1550
falsery1594
disillusion1598
imposture1643
1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 139 What slights, what disillusions..Haue risen of such sorrowes?
II. [dis- prefix 2d.]
2. The action of freeing or becoming freed from illusion; the condition of being freed from illusion; disenchantment.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > disillusionment
disillusion1851
disillusioning1855
disillusionment1856
disillusionizing1864
disenchantment1876
dishallucination1881
1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows p. vii The discrepancy between..faith and dis-illusion, between hope and fact.
1854 H. W. Longfellow Epimetheus vi Disenchantment! Dis-illusion! Must each noble aspiration Come at last to this conclusion?
1865 London Rev. 30 Dec. 712/1 Amidst the disappointments and the disillusions which followed the..revolutions of 1848.
1877 E. Dowden Shakspere (Macmillan Lit. Primers) v. 53 It is the comedy of disillusion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

disillusionv.

Etymology: < disillusion n.; compare modern French désillusionner.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: disiˈllusion.
transitive. To free from illusion; to disenchant, undeceive, disillusionize.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > enlightenment > enlighten [verb (transitive)] > undeceive
to bring (a person) to reasona1400
to set (also put) someone right1551
unhoodwink1585
undeceive1598
unbeguile1599
disabuse1611
disdeceive1622
disinveigle1635
clarify1642
unconfound1649
uncheat1650
undelude1651
ungull1652
unpervert1655
unseduce1664
unbewilder1668
unclouda1711
disillude1860
disillusionize1861
disillusion1864
de-bamboozle1919
straighten1956
1864 Reader 1 Oct. 417 Captain Burton..disillusioned many be stating that the plain on which it stands was by no means unlike some parts of central equatorial Africa.
1876 W. C. Russell Is he the Man? III. 193 His voice disillusioned me in a second.

Derivatives

disiˈllusioned adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > indifference > [adjective] > disillusioned
disenchanted1611
disillusioned1871
1871 J. Morley Byron in Crit. Misc. 273 The disillusioned France of '99.
1878 J. A. Symonds Shelley ii. 31 A disillusioned world is inclined to look with languid approbation on benevolence.
disiˈllusioner n. = disillusionist n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > disillusionment > cause of
disillusionist1889
disillusioner1892
1892 Graphic 9 July 38/3 Marriage is the great disillusioner.
disiˈllusioning n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > disillusionment
disillusion1851
disillusioning1855
disillusionment1856
disillusionizing1864
disenchantment1876
dishallucination1881
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adjective] > disillusioning
disenchanting1755
disillusioning1855
disillusionizing1864
disillusive1878
disillusionary1879
1855 F. E. Smedley Harry Coverdale's Courtship xx. 135 Alice..took her revenge upon that ‘dis-illusioning’—as a Frenchman would have called it—lady's maid.
1866 London Rev. 724/1 The notion of this coach is commendable, and is a protest against the increase of dis-illusioning. The world, however, will not go back for our fancy, and we must fain keep up with it.
disiˈllusionist n. a disillusioning agent.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > disillusionment > cause of
disillusionist1889
disillusioner1892
1889 Voice (N.Y.) 14 Mar. The ballot in woman's hand will prove a disillusionist; she will then be judged as a man.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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