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Meaning of "disillusionary" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISILLUSIONARY

disillusionary  [ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒənərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISILLUSIONARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Disillusionary is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DISILLUSIONARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of disillusionary in the English dictionary

The definition of disillusionary in the dictionary is of or relating to disillusion.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISILLUSIONARY


confectionery
kənˈfɛkʃənərɪ
coronary
ˈkɒrənərɪ
delusionary
dɪˈluːʒənərɪ
dictionary
ˈdɪkʃənərɪ
evolutionary
ˌiːvəˈluːʃənərɪ
exclusionary
ɪksˈkluːʒənərɪ
illusionary
ɪˈluːʒənərɪ
legionary
ˈliːdʒənərɪ
missionary
ˈmɪʃənərɪ
precautionary
prɪˈkɔːʃənərɪ
previsionary
prɪˈvɪʒənərɪ
provisionary
prəˈvɪʒənərɪ
pulmonary
ˈpʌlmənərɪ
religionary
rɪˈlɪdʒənərɪ
revisionary
rɪˈvɪʒənərɪ
revolutionary
ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənərɪ
stationary
ˈsteɪʃənərɪ
stationery
ˈsteɪʃənərɪ
televisionary
ˌtelɪˈvɪʒənərɪ
visionary
ˈvɪʒənərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISILLUSIONARY

disillude
disilluminate
disillusion
disillusioned
disillusionise
disillusionize
disillusionment
disillusive
disimagine
disimmure
disimpassioned
disimprison
disimprisonment
disimprove
disincarcerate
disincentive
disinclination
disincline
disinclined
disinclose

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISILLUSIONARY

accretionary
cardiopulmonary
cautionary
confectionary
contractionary
counter-revolutionary
data dictionary
deflationary
diversionary
expansionary
expeditionary
functionary
geostationary
inflationary
lectionary
nonstationary
ordinary
post-Revolutionary
probationary
reactionary
reversionary

Synonyms and antonyms of disillusionary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «disillusionary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISILLUSIONARY

Find out the translation of disillusionary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of disillusionary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «disillusionary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

disillusionary
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

disillusionary
570 millions of speakers

English

disillusionary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

disillusionary
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

disillusionary
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

disillusionary
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

disillusionary
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

disillusionary
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

disillusionary
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kecewa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

disillusionary
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

disillusionary
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

disillusionary
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Disillusionary
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

disillusionary
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

disillusionary
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निरुपयोगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

disillusionary
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

disillusionary
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

disillusionary
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

disillusionary
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

disillusionary
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

disillusionary
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

disillusionary
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

disillusionary
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

disillusionary
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of disillusionary

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISILLUSIONARY»

The term «disillusionary» is used very little and occupies the 186.639 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISILLUSIONARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «disillusionary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «disillusionary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about disillusionary

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISILLUSIONARY»

Discover the use of disillusionary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to disillusionary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fanged Fan Fiction: Variations on Twilight, True Blood and ...
Further, Gelder observes that “[s]ome recent vampire fiction depends on the frustrating of the kinds of 'lore' one would assume would work,” which enables vampires to “have a disillusionary function” overthrowing established paradigms  ...
Maria Lindgren Leavenworth, Malin Isaksson, 2013
2
Nothing Begins with N: New Investigations of Freewriting
Only 15 percent of my sample was organized fully by disillusionary metadiscourse. But half of the students used it at structurally vulnerable spots, at beginnings and ends and internal gaps — indeed much as the technique is used in published ...
Pat Belanoff, Peter Elbow, Sheryl I. Fontaine, 1991
3
The Illustrated London News
... rather disillusionary in sub'cct-s from poetry an romantic drama. The popular favourite, Mr. Cob tt, is unequal in several of his pictures of rustic life. The best of them-because it reminds us least of the studio-is “The Fern-gatherers” (108 , with a ...
4
Michigan Ensian
*saEs* popular idols of their traditional golden glamour and present their more seamy sides, we are inclined to hesitate in offer1 PLUMBING ing this series of disillusionary revelations, as it were. The men whose names 1 HEATING are on ...
5
Paradox of Progress Unfolding 2
Mistakes in war on both sides, strategic, impulsive or unjustifiably immortal, is what makes war so repulsive, impulsive, disillusionary and degrading to say the least of it. What happens “after” the What can happen worse than war? 103.
Lloyd E. McIlveen, 2014
6
The Worlds of Lincoln Kirstein
... “failed,” that the “enormous” responsibility had been lifted from his shoulders. He had the strange sensation “of being drugged, intensely tired beyond hope of, or interest in, success or failure—yet without any ensuing disillusionary wisdom.
Martin Duberman, 2009
7
Stereotyping as Inductive Hypothesis Testing
Nevertheless, we intend to demonstrate in the chapters to follow that such a simple, disillusionary account can be as intriguing and adventurous as an animistic account. Furthermore, the ecological learning approach will lead to many new ...
Klaus Fiedler, Eva Walther, 2004
8
Das Paradigma Der Landschaft in Moderne und Postmoderne
By visual and textual means the so-called eternal city and its surroundings are portrayed in a radically disillusionary way: as space where human life is shaped by capitalism, stupidity and egoism. Brinkmann's critical review not only of real ...
Manfred Schmeling, Monika Schmitz-Emans, 2007
9
James Joyce and the Difference of Language
The sentence ends with a disillusionary bang, it un- dergoes what it is stating. Readers are caught, for a while, in a world of wish-fulfilment, in Gerty's own fantasies. We were made partners in her experience and her fall. The wrong collocations ...
Laurent Milesi, 2003
10
From Modernism to Postmodernism: Concepts and Strategies of ...
As Philip Rahv noticed early on, there is a disillusionary confusion of terms: “The younger critics have taken to using all three terms [mythic, symbolic, allegoric] almost interchangeably and always with an air of offering an irrefutable proof of ...
Gerhard Hoffmann, 2005

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISILLUSIONARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term disillusionary is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ukip's Future Fortunes Will Follow Fate of SNP
... southern disillusionary divide. By stepping into this void, both the SNP and UKIP have thrived, yet both parties share two critical weaknesses. «Huffington Post UK, Dec 14»
2
NFL continues to get it wrong when it comes to players suffering …
This is really about the NFL trying to preserve and promote a disillusionary squeaky clean image. I understand that they want the NFL to be ... «NBCSports.com, Jun 14»
3
Avalanche win in OT, complete third-period comeback
Disappointing outcome–but hardly a disillusionary game from the Wild… Think about it… Opening game on the road. Division winners and #2 ... «NBCSports.com, Apr 14»
4
Healthy, wealthy & wise: Malvinder & Shivinder Singh
Shivinder went through a disillusionary phase like many other youngsters about what career to choose. He even earmarked five-six spaces ... «Economic Times, Apr 10»

REFERENCE
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