disillusionize

American  

[dis-i-loo-zhuh-nahyz] / ˌdɪs ɪˈlu ʒəˌnaɪz /

especially British, disillusionise

verb (used with object)

disillusionized, disillusionizing

1. to disillusion.

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Other Word Forms

• disillusionist noun
• disillusionizer noun

Etymology

Origin of disillusionize

First recorded in 1860–65; disillusion + -ize

Example Sentences

If he was sincere––and the longer she talked with him, the more convinced she was that this was the case––then she did not wish to disillusionize him.

From The Wall Street Girl by Wolfe, George Ellis

After awhile, when I saw that the time had arrived to disillusionize these women, I dismissed my headache and got up to have a frank talk with them.

From Final Proof or the Value of Evidence by Ottolengui, R.

"I should doubt whether her cure will be as prompt as you think, it seemed to me that her ideas were somewhat fixed, and it will need a good deal of failure to disillusionize her."

From A Girl of the Commune by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Of course it helped to disillusionize him, and he began even to see that Gertrude was not as beautiful as he had once believed her to be.

From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie

But I saw from the first moment that his eyes fell on my face that this made no difference to him, and that I must take other means to disillusionize him.

From Cynthia Wakeham's Money by Green, Anna Katharine