how to pronounce disillusionment

/ˌdɪs.ɪˈluː.ʒən.mənt/

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disillusionment is pronounced in five syllables

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dɪsɪlʒənmənt

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An example use of disillusionment in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… there was a disillusionment with that an …”

meanings of disillusionment

noun:

  1. 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. The act of freeing from an illusion; the state of being freed therefrom.

disillusionment frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word disillusionment occurs in english on average 2.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics disillusionment can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that disillusionment can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;

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