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disenchantment
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disenchantment \Dis`en*chant"ment\, n. [Pref. dis- +
enchantment: cf. F. d['e]senchantement.]
The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted.
--Shelton.
Wiktionary
n. 1 the act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted 2 freeing from false belief or illusions
WordNet
n. freeing from false belief or illusions [syn: disillusion, disillusionment]
Wikipedia
In social science, disenchantment is the cultural rationalization and devaluation of mysticism apparent in modern society. The concept was borrowed from Friedrich Schiller by Max Weber to describe the character of modernized, bureaucratic, secularized Western society, where scientific understanding is more highly valued than belief, and where processes are oriented toward rational goals, as opposed to traditional society where for Weber "the world remains a great enchanted garden".
Usage examples of "disenchantment".
Reverend Father Cruchard of the Barnabite Order, director of the Ladies of Disenchantment.
For neither of them was the Orient exhausted by their uses of it, even if there is often a quality of disappointment, disenchantment, or demystification to be found in their Oriental writings.
It is so sweet, amid all the disenchantments of life, to be able to dwell in thought upon noble characters, pure affections, and pictures of happiness.
As soon as Don Quixote had read the inscription on the parchment he perceived clearly that it referred to the disenchantment of Dulcinea, and returning hearty thanks to heaven that he had with so little danger achieved so grand an exploit as to restore to their former complexion the countenances of those venerable duennas, he advanced towards the duke and duchess, who had not yet come to themselves, and taking the duke by the hand he said, "Be of good cheer, worthy sir, be of good cheer.
After Glow's disenchantment, performed by Charles with proddings from Helbah, he had feared they might dabble.