disenchantment
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Definition of disenchantment
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)The act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)The act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted.
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(countable, uncountable)Freeing from false belief or illusions.
“Disenchantment with the religion led to a sharp fall in church attendance.”
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(countable, uncountable)The devaluation of religion or mysticism apparent in modern society.
“Blumenberg's thesis, which has since been reiterated by a number of philosophers and historians, is that nominalism, as it became widespread in Protestant theology, led to the Enlightenment, disenchantment, and the scientific revolution.”
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Etymology
From dis- + enchantment. In the social sciences sense a calque of German Entzauberung, as used by sociologist Max Weber.
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