disillusionizev.
transitive. = disillusion v.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > enlightenment > enlighten [verb (transitive)] > undeceive
to bring (a person) to reasona1400
to set (also put) someone right1551
unhoodwink1585
undeceive1598
unbeguile1599
disabuse1611
disdeceive1622
disinveigle1635
clarify1642
unconfound1649
uncheat1650
undelude1651
ungull1652
unpervert1655
unseduce1664
unbewilder1668
unclouda1711
disillude1860
disillusionize1861
disillusion1864
de-bamboozle1919
straighten1956
1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Good for Nothing I. 236 It was..disillusionizing him..of the romance in which he had chosen to wrap himself up.
1890 Times 27 Jan. 5/2 A free discussion of Social Democracy would do more to..disillusionize its votaries than all the police repression in the world.
Derivatives
disiˈllusionizing n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > disillusionment
disillusion1851
disillusioning1855
disillusionment1856
disillusionizing1864
disenchantment1876
dishallucination1881
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adjective] > disillusioning
disenchanting1755
disillusioning1855
disillusionizing1864
disillusive1878
disillusionary1879
1864 Sat. Rev. 10 Dec. 708/2 There is something disillusionizing in the sumptuous returns of a successful poem or novel.
1869 Echo 7 Sept. A somewhat similar disillusionising is taking place in the United States with respect to President Grant.
disiˈllusionizer n. one who disillusionizes.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > disillusionment > cause of > person
disenchanter1831
disillusionizer1881
1881 Public Opinion (N.Y.) 2 Apr. 559 The latest literary disillusioniser.
1890 Pictorial World 4 Sept. 293/3 The wife is not always so loyal to the disillusioniser.
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