as in to undeceive
to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes
let me disabuse you of your foolish notions
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Recent Examples of disabuse
This did nothing to disabuse fans and media of the notion that its executive team is shadowy.
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James Horncastle, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
For true believers in the cult of social justice, even Mangum’s confession will not disabuse them of their belief that those who are born into the wrong identities are the illegitimate beneficiaries of generational theft.
—The Editors, National Review, 17 Dec. 2024
For starters, we should be disabused of the canard that an incumbent president would be handcuffed in discharging constitutional duties if subject to prosecution.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
The unequal distribution of the 2015 nuclear deal’s benefits, alongside the growth of poverty after the imposition of new sanctions, served to disabuse the lower strata of Iranian society of any notion that diplomacy and engagement would remedy their economic pain.
—Hadi Kahalzadeh, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2021
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James Horncastle, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
For true believers in the cult of social justice, even Mangum’s confession will not disabuse them of their belief that those who are born into the wrong identities are the illegitimate beneficiaries of generational theft.
—The Editors, National Review, 17 Dec. 2024
For starters, we should be disabused of the canard that an incumbent president would be handcuffed in discharging constitutional duties if subject to prosecution.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
The unequal distribution of the 2015 nuclear deal’s benefits, alongside the growth of poverty after the imposition of new sanctions, served to disabuse the lower strata of Iranian society of any notion that diplomacy and engagement would remedy their economic pain.
—Hadi Kahalzadeh, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disabuse
Verb
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She’s disillusioned with her boyfriend and irritated by her mother.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2025
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Rather, he was disillusioned by all of the turnovers and odd-man rushes against.—
Josh Yohe,
The Athletic,
19 Mar. 2025
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That likely will not be received well by China, which advised the Trump administration to cancel all China tariffs Wednesday, NPR reported.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
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His extensive boardroom tenure (14 years as Chair, President, and Director) sharpens his ability to mentor and advise.—
Hilary Tetenbaum,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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One of the women surrendered her wedding ring, worth an estimated $7,000, and the robber told the victims to leave the area.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2025
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Dotel was rescued from the rubble, officials told the outlet, but he was later mourned by the ministry.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Like many in my friend group, I’ve been increasingly disenchanted with a social network that seemed to show nothing from my actual friends.—
John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Second, a constituency for a reformation has emerged in major cities, consisting of people disenchanted with Islamist rule (as in Cairo and Tehran) or attracted by Western norms (as in London and New York).—
Ayaan Hirsi Ali,
Foreign Affairs,
16 June 2015
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