Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending to disillusion or to disillusionize.
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Examples
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Neigh's position might furnish scope for such a disillusive discovery by herself as hers had afforded to Christopher, decoyed Ethelberta into a curious little scheme.
The Hand of Ethelberta Thomas Hardy 1884
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The truth seems to be that a long line of disillusive centuries has permanently displaced the Hellenic idea of life, or whatever it may be called.
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By the following evening the consideration of this possibility, that Neigh’s position might furnish scope for such a disillusive discovery by herself as hers had afforded to
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