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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca