disenchantment

Example Sentences

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The Church, in this narrative, was a rear guard, fighting a losing battle against the inevitable disenchantment of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The existence of 764 is the product of an era of disenchantment where everyone is a troll looking for clicks.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

Thus, our disenchantment with the justice system takes up the most memory space.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

Some say Chinamaxxing stems from young Americans' disenchantment with their own country, although it's unclear how much that is really driving the trend.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Love as rarely exists in reality, as if a master alchemist has taken it and distilled out all the impurities, every petty disenchantment, every unworthy thought, into a perfect elixir, sweet and deep and all-consuming.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor