disillusion

An estimated 75,000—some 2.5% of the population—had no desire to live within an independent republic that held memories of “terror, disillusion, and death,” preferring to uproot themselves to Canada and beyond.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

Accepting the possibility of disillusion as part of existence allows Amélie to endure sorrow and bask in moments of elation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025

In stark contrast with the album’s bombastic, top-10 title track, the early version of “Born in the USA” featured on “Nebraska ’82” oozes with the pain, heartbreak and disillusion inherent in the song’s lyrics.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025

Put them all together and there is a disillusion and a widespread sense among farmers of not being listened to.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2024

His face was agog with befuddlement and disillusion.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Coaches across the City said that the lack of care is another sign of a lack of support that disillusions prospective parents, which leads to enrollment somewhere else.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2023

One key strength of this exhibition, curated by Elizabeth Cleland and Adam Eaker, is that it disillusions Tudor hagiography without making them seem uniquely brutal or awful.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022

“What if that disillusions a lot of really bright, passionate, smart people from the industry?”

From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2021

The rise of the “Beast-Elect” so disillusions her that she quits her job and breaks for the California badlands, where her friend’s teen-age daughter, Arabella, has gone missing.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 13, 2018

It is possible that I was mistaken and I do not willfully invite any disillusions at this point in my life.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

Vidhya Jeyadev, a spokesperson for Majority Democrats, which is focused on growing the party, said Democrats now have an opportunity to bring in Republican voters disillusioned with the president’s handling of the economy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

“I was in love with the frisson of transgression,” said Anna, one of the disillusioned former believers profiled in Sam Adler-Bell’s March 2026 investigation “The women leaving the new right.”

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

He says he hopes to appeal to disillusioned voters.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Many disillusioned Cubans shrugged off the announcements as either too little too late or an outright "lie."

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

The disillusioned Fernanda tried to obtain more precise information, but the unknown correspondents did not answer her letters any more.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Observers also say a guilty verdict could risk disillusioning young Indonesians who want to pursue a career in government.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Most disillusioning of all is the play’s flimsy treatment of class and privilege.

From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

She found the district’s attempt to do that this summer at the “well-resourced schools” meetings disillusioning.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

The exhibition is as disillusioning about any reflexive association of the Renaissance with pervasive humanism as it is about the Tudors themselves.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022

In light of the bold and defiant line we had taken all along, an appeal would seem anticli- mactic and even disillusioning.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela