Definition of "disenchantment"
noun
countable and uncountable, plural disenchantments
(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 […]