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n. - Freeing from false belief or illusions v. - Free from enchantment.

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  • As she grew older, Laura became increasingly disillusioned with politics.
  • So renewal, not disillusion, is the agenda before us.
  • Those who live by wishful thinking perish in disillusion.
  • We call our disillusion with democracy "politics" and let it go at that.
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  • The "dissolution" (the breakup of a group) of the band caused "disillusion" (the state of being free from false or unrealistic ideas or illusions) in all the musicians.
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