disenchantment.

Disappointment caused by discovering that something admired is less appealing or trustworthy than expected.

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Words that belong together

• political disenchantment
• disenchantment with a movement

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Disenchantment with the leadership spread among younger members.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.