Disenchantment — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

freeing from false belief or illusions

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dɹˈiːpinəs/

🇬🇧British English

/dˌɪsɛntʃˈantmənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˌɪsɛntʃˈantmənt/

4 syllables Say it as /dɹˈiːpinəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

disillusionment disillusion

Word Forms

disenchant	verb	free from enchantment
disillusion	verb	free from enchantment

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Enttäuschung

Befreiung von falschen Überzeugungen oder Illusionen

🇫🇷French

désenchantement

se libérer des fausses croyances ou des illusions

🇪🇸Spanish

desencanto

liberarse de falsas creencias o ilusiones

🇮🇹Italian

disincanto

liberarsi da false credenze o illusioni

🇳🇱Dutch

ontgoocheling

bevrijden van valse overtuigingen of illusies

🇵🇹Portuguese

desencanto

libertar-se de falsas crenças ou ilusões

🇷🇺Russian

разочарование

освобождение от ложных убеждений или иллюзий

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मोहभंग

मिथ्या विश्वास या भ्रम से मुक्त होना

🇧🇩Bengali

বিতৃষ্ণা

মিথ্যা বিশ্বাস বা বিভ্রম থেকে মুক্ত

🇮🇳Tamil

ஏமாற்றம்

தவறான நம்பிக்கை அல்லது மாயைகளில் இருந்து விடுபடுதல்

🇮🇳Telugu

నిస్పృహ

తప్పుడు నమ్మకం లేదా భ్రమల నుండి విముక్తి పొందడం

🇮🇳Marathi

मोहभंग

खोट्या विश्वास किंवा भ्रमांपासून मुक्त होणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

મોહ

ખોટી માન્યતા અથવા ભ્રમણાથી મુક્ત થવું

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಿರಾಶೆ

ಸುಳ್ಳು ನಂಬಿಕೆ ಅಥವಾ ಭ್ರಮೆಗಳಿಂದ ಮುಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മോഹഭംഗം

തെറ്റായ വിശ്വാസങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നോ മിഥ്യാധാരണകളിൽ നിന്നോ മോചനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨਿਰਾਸ਼ਾ

ਝੂਠੇ ਵਿਸ਼ਵਾਸ ਜਾਂ ਭਰਮਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਮੁਕਤ ਹੋਣਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

مایوسی

غلط عقیدہ یا وہم سے آزاد

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

幻灭

摆脱错误的信念或幻想

🇯🇵Japanese

幻滅

誤った信念や幻想から解放される

🇰🇷Korean

환멸

잘못된 믿음이나 환상에서 벗어나기

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự vỡ mộng

giải thoát khỏi niềm tin sai lầm hoặc ảo tưởng

🇹🇭Thai

ความไม่แยแส

หลุดพ้นจากความเชื่อผิด ๆ หรือภาพลวงตา

🇮🇩Indonesian

kekecewaan

terbebas dari keyakinan atau ilusi yang salah

🇵🇭Filipino

pagkadismaya

paglaya mula sa maling paniniwala o ilusyon

🇲🇾Malay

kekecewaan

terbebas dari kepercayaan palsu atau ilusi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

خيبة الأمل

التحرر من المعتقدات أو الأوهام الخاطئة

🇮🇷Persian

افسون کردن

رهایی از باورهای نادرست یا توهمات

🇹🇷Turkish

büyünün bozulması

Yanlış inanç veya yanılsamalardan kurtulmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

אכזבה

להשתחרר מאמונות שווא או מאשליות

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The primary meaning of 'disenchantment' is 'freeing from false belief or illusions'.

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