Disillusion \Dis`il*lu"sion\, v. t. To free from an illusion; to disillusionize.
Disillusion \Dis`il*lu"sion\, n. The act or process of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom. --Lowell.
It is only New York's performance, against a background of slow growth, trade squabbles and start-ling political disillusion, which is now arousing fears of a new bubble, which could burst as it did in 1987.
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein "should not be under any disillusion," Bandar said on his arrival at the State Department.
Even as his charisma fades,he still stands out among the grey men at the top of Britain's unions. As a former Scargill enthusiast, Routledge describes his pacy book as 'a voyage of disillusion'.
Interestingly, though the younger woman is most alarmed at the prospect of disillusion in marriage, the older women are most troubled by their son (who appears, albeit without speaking a word). The play is weaker and slighter than it has been proclaimed.
There is no alternative vision on offer, nor any political leader strong enough to impose one even on his own electorate, let alone his partners. Market disillusion with the project for economic union has been evident for many months.
To avoid going further down the slippery, Reagan primrose path, our next president will first have to disillusion those who say they have had their faith in government restored by Mr. Reagan's charade.
"The promises made were not kept, and my disillusion, like that of the immense majority of Albanians, was all the more bitter," he said in a statement.
The economic situation argues for it: it is hard to imagine a plausible recovery strong enough to banish disillusion.