Disabuse
/ˌdɪsəˈbjuːz/verb
To free someone from a wrong or misunderstanding belief.
He disabused me of my misconception about the effect of gravity.
Often appears as...
- disabuse someone of something
- disabuse the notion
verb
To free someone from a wrong or misunderstanding belief.
He disabused me of my misconception about the effect of gravity.
Often appears as...
- disabuse someone of something
- disabuse the notion
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Pro Tip 1/3Correcting Beliefs
Use 'disabuse' to indicate that someone is being corrected, not just informed.
The article aimed to disabuse readers of the myths surrounding the disease.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Tone
'Disabuse' often carries a serious tone, implying an important error is being addressed.
The professor disabused us of the outdated theories in class.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Correction
Often used when someone is directly correcting an individual's specific mistaken belief.
She quickly disabused him of the notion that he was untraceable online.
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Video examples
Stuart Firestein: The...
Knowing a lot of stuff is there to help you get to more ignorance. So knowledge is a big subject, but I would say ignorance is a bigger one. So this leads us to maybe think about, a little bit about, some of the models of science that we tend to use, and I'd like to disabuse you of some of them.
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Grand Canyon Adventure:...
those of you who have come here tonight expecting to get a window into the sort of deep, symphonic emotional resonance that sets up between a professional photographer and a writer, this is the moment where I disabuse you of that delusion,
Video examples
Stuart Firestein: The...
Knowing a lot of stuff is there to help you get to more ignorance. So knowledge is a big subject, but I would say ignorance is a bigger one. So this leads us to maybe think about, a little bit about, some of the models of science that we tend to use, and I'd like to disabuse you of some of them.
Video examples
Grand Canyon Adventure:...
those of you who have come here tonight expecting to get a window into the sort of deep, symphonic emotional resonance that sets up between a professional photographer and a writer, this is the moment where I disabuse you of that delusion,
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Quote examples
Julia Glass
American Novelist
My first draft is always way too long; my books start out with delusions of 'War and Peace' - and must be gently disabused. My editor is brilliant at taking me to the point where I do all the necessary cutting on my own. I like to say she's a midwife rather than a surgeon.
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Elvis Mitchell
American Critic
The picture is being promoted as Disney's 'Spirited Away,' although seeing just 10 minutes of this English version of a hugely popular Japanese film will quickly disabuse any discerning viewer of the notion that it is a Disney creation.
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Morgan Freeman
American Actor
I joined the air force. I took to it immediately when I arrived there. I did three years, eight months, and ten days in all, but it took me a year and a half to get disabused of my romantic notions about it.
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Shawn Achor
American Educator
Success does not mean happiness. Check out any celebrity magazine to look for examples to disabuse you of thinking that being beautiful, successful or rich will make you happy.
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Alexei Sayle
British Comedian
I suppose the common idea of me is that I'm going to be someone who's hyper and cracking jokes all the time, but people who meet me are soon disabused of that notion.
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Joyce Maynard
American Writer
Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity.
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Barry Hannah
American Novelist
I lost my second marriage because of drinking, and I loved the woman very much. But I thought I needed booze to write. I'm glad I was disabused.
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Julia Glass
American Novelist
My first draft is always way too long; my books start out with delusions of 'War and Peace' - and must be gently disabused. My editor is brilliant at taking me to the point where I do all the necessary cutting on my own. I like to say she's a midwife rather than a surgeon.
Quote examples
Elvis Mitchell
American Critic
The picture is being promoted as Disney's 'Spirited Away,' although seeing just 10 minutes of this English version of a hugely popular Japanese film will quickly disabuse any discerning viewer of the notion that it is a Disney creation.
Quote examples
Morgan Freeman
American Actor
I joined the air force. I took to it immediately when I arrived there. I did three years, eight months, and ten days in all, but it took me a year and a half to get disabused of my romantic notions about it.
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Shawn Achor
American Educator
Success does not mean happiness. Check out any celebrity magazine to look for examples to disabuse you of thinking that being beautiful, successful or rich will make you happy.
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Alexei Sayle
British Comedian
I suppose the common idea of me is that I'm going to be someone who's hyper and cracking jokes all the time, but people who meet me are soon disabused of that notion.
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Joyce Maynard
American Writer
Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity.
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Barry Hannah
American Novelist
I lost my second marriage because of drinking, and I loved the woman very much. But I thought I needed booze to write. I'm glad I was disabused.
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