Associations to the word «Disillusionment»

Wiktionary

DISILLUSIONMENT, noun. A feeling of disappointment, akin to depression, arising from the realization that something is not what it was expected or believed to be, possibly accompanied by philosophical angst from having one's beliefs challenged.
DISILLUSIONMENT, noun. The act of freeing from an illusion; the state of being freed therefrom.

Dictionary definition

DISILLUSIONMENT, noun. Freeing from false belief or illusions.

Wise words

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery