disabused
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7.6
- adjective
- /ˌdɪsəˈbjuːzd/
- Formal
:
desengañado
- She is also disabused of her former prejudices.
- disabused of this notion
Examples
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It always felt especially awful to me because I was naive enough to have had the expectation that pretty much all queer dudes would be "natural allies" and had to be painfully disabused of that notion.
Blog text (10) -
We are now faced with the prospect of having our people disabused of this illusion.
Academic text (1993) -
But eventually, I was disabused of this notion, and graduate school seemed as good a way as any to channel my crusading impulses.
Fiction book (1991) -
If he thinks he can avail himself of British law and order while cheering on assassination to score cheap political points, he should be quickly disabused of this notion.
Blog text (19) -
As a more naive young secretary, she may have harbored hopes that her affair with Roger would eventually lead to matrimony, but she probably quickly became disabused of that notion.
Blog text (25) -
After being told the truth about the project, she was finally disabused of her earlier assumptions.
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He thought he would win the competition easily, but he was soon disabused of that belief when he saw the talent of the other contestants.
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Reading the latest research papers disabused him of the misconceptions he had about the topic.
Synonyms
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5.5
No longer believing that something is good or true after being disappointed
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6.1
No longer believing something is good or special after seeing the truth
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8.1
No longer believing something false after learning the truth
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8.5
Being not tricked and seeing things clearly
How Informed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disabused comes from the parts dis- meaning 'remove' and abuse meaning 'to use wrongly'. So, to be disabused is to have a wrong idea taken away and to be freed from a false belief.