Disillusioned
adjective
Feeling disappointment because you lost belief or hope that something is good or true.
After years of working in politics, she became disillusioned with the system.
Often appears as...
- become disillusioned
- feel disillusioned
adjective
Feeling disappointment because you lost belief or hope that something is good or true.
After years of working in politics, she became disillusioned with the system.
Often appears as...
- become disillusioned
- feel disillusioned
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Pro Tip 1/3Lost Belief
Emphasizes a strong sense of disappointment from finding out a belief is not true.
He became disillusioned with his hero after the scandal.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Impact
Conveys deep emotional letdown, not just casual disappointment.
Disillusioned by the academic world, she left her research job.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Context
Often used to describe a reaction to societal or systemic issues.
After witnessing constant inequality, he felt disillusioned with society.
Pro Tip 1/3Lost Belief
Emphasizes a strong sense of disappointment from finding out a belief is not true.
He became disillusioned with his hero after the scandal.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Impact
Conveys deep emotional letdown, not just casual disappointment.
Disillusioned by the academic world, she left her research job.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Context
Often used to describe a reaction to societal or systemic issues.
After witnessing constant inequality, he felt disillusioned with society.
Pro Tip 1/3Lost Belief
Emphasizes a strong sense of disappointment from finding out a belief is not true.
He became disillusioned with his hero after the scandal.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Impact
Conveys deep emotional letdown, not just casual disappointment.
Disillusioned by the academic world, she left her research job.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Context
Often used to describe a reaction to societal or systemic issues.
After witnessing constant inequality, he felt disillusioned with society.
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as a result of the war, and what they needed. It was really important work, but it was also incredibly difficult. Every single day, we were making decisions that affected the accuracy of our numbers -- decisions like which parts of the country we should go to, who we should speak to, which questions we should ask. And I started to feel really disillusioned with our work,
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Notes of a native son:...
he began writing novels and essays while taking a series of odd jobs. But the issues that had driven him away from the Church were still inescapable in his daily life. Constantly confronted with racism and homophobia, he was angry and disillusioned, and yearned for a less restricted life.
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How protest is...
First, democracy must begin with ordinary people. Viewing democracy as only elections has led to widespread disillusionment. We must instead work to center ordinary people in democratic life. Protest provides us one way to do that. Regardless of your age, sexuality, your gender,
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Reclaiming Syria’s story...
increasingly desperate to reaffirm the spirit not just to themselves but to the outside world many so many are always tempted to leave a war zone and many do leave because they're burnt out they're exhausted and they're so disillusioned with how violence is beginning to
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David Puttnam: What...
and their appeal to a largely disillusioned, older demographic, along with the apathy and obsession with the trivial that typifies at least some of the young, taken together, these and other similarly contemporary aberrations are threatening to squeeze the life
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Courtney Martin:...
I sat down with my family, and I said that I had become very disillusioned. I admitted that I'd actually had a fantasy -- kind of a dark fantasy -- of writing a letter about everything that was wrong with the world and then lighting myself on fire
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Yuval Noah Harari...
he thinks the disillusionment that many of us feel right now is actually to a large part misconceived it's not that we shouldn't be worried but we're actually worried about the wrong things they'll lie ahead of us much deeper dangers dangers that
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Carl Honore: In praise...
In medicine, I think a lot of people are deeply disillusioned with the kind of quick-fix mentality you find in conventional medicine. And millions of them around the world are turning to complementary and alternative forms of medicine,
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Economic growth has...
Now, I know some of you in this room find this to be a risky proposition. There are some people here who will turn around and be quite disillusioned by what's happened around the world and basically ascribe that to economic growth.
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See How Dog Sledding...
after experiences covering conflict and losing friends I definitely became pretty cynical and disillusioned I was still shooting but my heart wasn't in it i deep-down really hoped that it wasn't
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3 ways to spot a bad...
as a result of the war, and what they needed. It was really important work, but it was also incredibly difficult. Every single day, we were making decisions that affected the accuracy of our numbers -- decisions like which parts of the country we should go to, who we should speak to, which questions we should ask. And I started to feel really disillusioned with our work,
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Notes of a native son:...
he began writing novels and essays while taking a series of odd jobs. But the issues that had driven him away from the Church were still inescapable in his daily life. Constantly confronted with racism and homophobia, he was angry and disillusioned, and yearned for a less restricted life.
Video examples
How protest is...
First, democracy must begin with ordinary people. Viewing democracy as only elections has led to widespread disillusionment. We must instead work to center ordinary people in democratic life. Protest provides us one way to do that. Regardless of your age, sexuality, your gender,
Video examples
Reclaiming Syria’s story...
increasingly desperate to reaffirm the spirit not just to themselves but to the outside world many so many are always tempted to leave a war zone and many do leave because they're burnt out they're exhausted and they're so disillusioned with how violence is beginning to
Video examples
David Puttnam: What...
and their appeal to a largely disillusioned, older demographic, along with the apathy and obsession with the trivial that typifies at least some of the young, taken together, these and other similarly contemporary aberrations are threatening to squeeze the life
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Courtney Martin:...
I sat down with my family, and I said that I had become very disillusioned. I admitted that I'd actually had a fantasy -- kind of a dark fantasy -- of writing a letter about everything that was wrong with the world and then lighting myself on fire
Video examples
Yuval Noah Harari...
he thinks the disillusionment that many of us feel right now is actually to a large part misconceived it's not that we shouldn't be worried but we're actually worried about the wrong things they'll lie ahead of us much deeper dangers dangers that
Video examples
Carl Honore: In praise...
In medicine, I think a lot of people are deeply disillusioned with the kind of quick-fix mentality you find in conventional medicine. And millions of them around the world are turning to complementary and alternative forms of medicine,
Video examples
Economic growth has...
Now, I know some of you in this room find this to be a risky proposition. There are some people here who will turn around and be quite disillusioned by what's happened around the world and basically ascribe that to economic growth.
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See How Dog Sledding...
after experiences covering conflict and losing friends I definitely became pretty cynical and disillusioned I was still shooting but my heart wasn't in it i deep-down really hoped that it wasn't
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Teddy Thompson
British Musician
It's what is strange about doing a job that is also the thing you love, the thing you feel passionate about. People get to the point where they're burned out and disillusioned by the whole thing because when things aren't going well at work it also means they aren't going well in your heart, in your soul. They're all wrapped up together.
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David Horsey
American Cartoonist
Maybe it's stress or anger or adrenaline or disillusionment or a bullying nature or simple fear of getting killed themselves, but there is a problem if a cop cannot tell the difference between a menacing gangster and the far more common person they encounter whose life is a little frayed and messy.
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Rebecca Makkai
American Novelist
When you talk to an author - to any artist, really - you learn something about how they do what they do. I've never come away from that kind of experience feeling disillusioned, as if the magician had explained his tricks. I always find a greater appreciation for the form.
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
Nothing can resist the person who smiles at life - I don't mean the ironic and disillusioned smile of my grandfather, but the triumphant smile of the person who knows that he will survive, or that at least he will be saved by what seems to be destroying him.
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Tali Lennox
British Model
There are times when I love the world and love everyone, and I want to talk to everyone, and other times when I feel really disillusioned, and like none of this is real, nothing is real around me.
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Elden Henson
American Actor
I was kind of burned out, a little jaded, and just sort of disillusioned by all the 'Mighty Duck' movies and everything just being about making money and not really caring about scripts anymore.
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Ray Kurzweil
American Inventor
If we look at the life cycle of technologies, we see an early period of over-enthusiasm, then a 'bust' when disillusionment sets in, followed by the real revolution.
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J. B. Priestley
British Writer
Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch.
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Charlie Chaplin
English Actor
I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
Wisdom comes by disillusionment.
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Teddy Thompson
British Musician
It's what is strange about doing a job that is also the thing you love, the thing you feel passionate about. People get to the point where they're burned out and disillusioned by the whole thing because when things aren't going well at work it also means they aren't going well in your heart, in your soul. They're all wrapped up together.
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David Horsey
American Cartoonist
Maybe it's stress or anger or adrenaline or disillusionment or a bullying nature or simple fear of getting killed themselves, but there is a problem if a cop cannot tell the difference between a menacing gangster and the far more common person they encounter whose life is a little frayed and messy.
Quote examples
Rebecca Makkai
American Novelist
When you talk to an author - to any artist, really - you learn something about how they do what they do. I've never come away from that kind of experience feeling disillusioned, as if the magician had explained his tricks. I always find a greater appreciation for the form.
Quote examples
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
Nothing can resist the person who smiles at life - I don't mean the ironic and disillusioned smile of my grandfather, but the triumphant smile of the person who knows that he will survive, or that at least he will be saved by what seems to be destroying him.
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Tali Lennox
British Model
There are times when I love the world and love everyone, and I want to talk to everyone, and other times when I feel really disillusioned, and like none of this is real, nothing is real around me.
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Elden Henson
American Actor
I was kind of burned out, a little jaded, and just sort of disillusioned by all the 'Mighty Duck' movies and everything just being about making money and not really caring about scripts anymore.
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Ray Kurzweil
American Inventor
If we look at the life cycle of technologies, we see an early period of over-enthusiasm, then a 'bust' when disillusionment sets in, followed by the real revolution.
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J. B. Priestley
British Writer
Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch.
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Charlie Chaplin
English Actor
I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
Wisdom comes by disillusionment.
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