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    dis·en·chant·ment
    /ˌdisənˈCHantm(ə)nt/

    noun

    • 1. a feeling of disappointment about someone or something you previously respected or admired; disillusionment: "growing disenchantment with the leadership"

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  2. 2 days ago · Disenchantment. In social science, disenchantment ( German: Entzauberung) is the cultural rationalization and devaluation of religion apparent in modern society. The term was borrowed from Friedrich Schiller by Max Weber to describe the character of a modernized, bureaucratic, secularized Western society. [1]

  3. 3 days ago · Rather than imposing our subjective interpretations onto the world, we need to be open to the meanings that emerge from the world around us. This means perceiving the natural and the spiritual / intelligible as interconnected, where the environment itself provides significance and reveals deeper truths.

  4. 5 days ago · /ˌˈdɪsənˌtʃænt/ IPA guide. Other forms: disenchanted; disenchanting; disenchants. Definitions of disenchant. verb. free from enchantment. synonyms: disillusion. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Disenchant." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/disenchant. Accessed 21 Jul. 2024. Copy citation.

  5. 1 day ago · That disenchantment is, ... Reversing the “crisis of confidence” in American higher education means demonstrating to the public that higher education is a critical engine of economic ...

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Max_WeberMax Weber - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · Older explanations of why events occurred relied on the belief in supernatural interference in the material world. Due to disenchantment, this gave way to rational and scientific explanations for events.

  7. 2 days ago · It means it exists without you having any input or control of it. If you’re not intentionally nurturing a culture where people feel valued, engaged, and loyal, you’ll probably end up with an unpredictable culture. This feeds employee disconnection, disenchantment, and disengagement.

  8. 1 day ago · [2] Acedia (akedia) literally means neglect, indifference. Although over time some authors distinguished it from lukewarmness ( tepiditas ), both terms refer to the same spiritual panorama: a “cooling off of charity, which gets muddied by neglect and laziness,” [3] a carelessness that undermines dedication because “ ipsa caritas vacare non potest ; love cannot be idle;” [4] it does not ...