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disillusion

/ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒən/

/ˌdɪsɪˈluʒən/

Translations

disillusionnoun

disillusions

After years of working in the industry, he felt a deep disillusion with the corporate world.

Après des années de travail dans le secteur, il éprouvait une profonde désillusion face au monde de l'entreprise.

Additional translations

désillusionnementTerme plus rare, pour le processus de perte des illusions ou de libération de l'illusion.

désenchantementS'emploie surtout pour l'idée de déception ou de perte d'illusions.

Synonyms

disillusionverb

disillusioned

Past Simple

disillusioned

Past Participle

disillusioning

Gerund

/ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒən/

/ˌdɪsɪˈluʒən/

The harsh realities of the job disillusioned her about the glamorous life she had imagined.

Les dures réalités du travail l'ont désillusionnée sur la vie glamour qu'elle s'était imaginée.

Synonyms

reveal the truth

disillusionnoun

A feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be.

After years of working in the industry, he felt a deep disillusion with the corporate world.

The act of freeing someone from illusion or the state of being freed from illusion.

The disillusion of the new employees came swiftly once they saw the true working conditions.

disillusionverb

To cause someone to realize that a belief or an ideal is false or mistaken.

The harsh realities of the job disillusioned her about the glamorous life she had imagined.