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Ernüchterung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • disillusionment noun A feeling of disappointment, akin to depression, arising from the realization that something is not what it was expected or believed to be, possibly accompanied by philosophical angst from having one's beliefs challenged.

Senses

Ernüchterung is used for these senses in English:

  • disillusionment A feeling of disappointment, akin to depression, arising from the realization that something is not what it was expected or believed to be, possibly accompanied by philosophical angst from having one's beliefs challenged.
  • disillusionment The act of freeing from an illusion; the state of being freed therefrom.

disillusionment — full definition

  1. noun A feeling of disappointment, akin to depression, arising from the realization that something is not what it was expected or believed to be, possibly accompanied by philosophical angst from having one's beliefs challenged.
  2. noun The act of freeing from an illusion; the state of being freed therefrom.

Related German words