disenchantment

dis- +‎ enchantment. In the social sciences sense a calque of German Entzauberung, as used by sociologist Max Weber.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪsɪnˈtʃɑːntmənt/, /ˌdɪsɪnˈtʃæntmənt/

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disenchantment (countable and uncountable, plural disenchantments)

1. The act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted.
2. Freeing from false belief or illusions.

   Disenchantment with the religion led to a sharp fall in church attendance.

3. (in particular, social sciences) The devaluation of religion or mysticism apparent in modern society.
   • 2021, Meghan O'Gieblyn, chapter 11, in God, Human, Animal, Machine […] , →ISBN:

     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.