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

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche