disillusion

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.

   To disillusion a man is not to break him, but to open his eyes to the machinery behind the curtain.

2. 2
   noun

   The state of being freed from a constructed or imposed illusion; the recognition of an underlying truth previously obscured by a false or controlled narrative.

   Disillusion is not disappointment; it is the breaking of the spell—the moment the veil falls and truth becomes inescapable.

3. 3
   noun

   freeing from false belief or illusions

4. 4
   verb

   free from enchantment

5. 5
   noun

   The act or process of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief or illusion.

Etymology

From dis- + illusion: literally, the removal or undoing of illusion.