Definition of "disenchantment"

disenchantment

/ˌdɪsɪnˈtʃɑːntmənt/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural disenchantments
1. The act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted.
2. Freeing from false belief or illusions.
3. (in particular, social sciences) The devaluation of religion or mysticism apparent in modern society.
  Quotations
  Blumenberg's thesis, which has since been reiterated by a number of philosophers and historians, is that nominalism, as it became widespread in Protestant theology, led to the Enlightenment, disenchantment, and the scientific revolution.
  2021, Meghan O'Gieblyn, chapter 11, in God, Human, Animal, Machine […]