disillusionment

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) * 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower, First State of the Union Address,
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 * 1) * 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower, First State of the Union Address,
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 * 1) * 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower, First State of the Union Address,
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- Our country has come through a painful period of trial and disillusionment since the victory of 1945. We anticipated a world of peace and cooperation. The calculated pressures of aggressive communism have forced us, instead, to live in a world of turmoil.


 * 1) The act of freeing from an illusion; the state of being freed therefrom.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: deziluze
 * Esperanto: elreviĝo, senreviĝo, seniluziiĝo, disreviĝo
 * French:
 * Galician: desilusión
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Maori: matekiritanga
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: elrevigo
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: whakamatekiritanga
 * Russian:, утра́та иллю́зий, круше́ние иллю́зий
 * Spanish: