disabusaln.
/ˌdɪsəˈbjuːzl/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈbjuz(ə)l/ The action or fact of freeing a person from a false or erroneous belief; the dispelling of a misconception, error, etc.; an instance of this. Cf. disabuse n.
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society > communication > information > enlightenment > [noun] > undeceiving
disabuse1620
undeceiving1648
clarifying1677
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disabusal1851
1851 Illustr. London News 2 Aug. 154/3 Their..disabusal from the superstition that there cannot be a dinner without a joint.
1876 A. D. Whitney Sights & Insights II. iii. 364 Whatever..she risked in her own disabusal by taking a course that should make all plain.
1952 Austin (Minnesota) Daily Herald 29 Dec. 20/4 The more protracted the illusion of indispensability the less the likelihood of an ultimate..disabusal.
1983 Man 18 128 An important step towards the illumination of these operations is the disabusal of the perception that they are..impossible.
2009 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 Mar. (Sport section) 5 Ireland rode their luck and found a way to win..but if they think it will be possible next Saturday against Wales..a disabusal may be forthcoming.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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