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==Definition==
1. The state or condition of being '''''disillusioned'''''
:a.trans. To [[freedom|free]] from [[illusion]]; to disenchant, undeceive, disillusionize.
===Chronologic Samples===
*1864 Reader 1 Oct. 417 Captain Burton..disillusioned many be stating that the plain on which it stands was by no means unlike some parts of central equatorial Africa.
*1876 W. C. RUSSELL Is he the Man? III. 193 His voice disillusioned me in a second.
==Creative Repercussions==
===Lost Generation===
This term was coined by [[author]] and [[poet]] Gertrude Stein to characterize a general motif of '''''disillusionment''''' of American literary notables who lived in Paris and Europe after [[World War I|First World War]], especially after military service in the war. Figures identified with the "Lost Generation" included authors and artists such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway Ernest Hemingway], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Pound Ezra Pound], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dos_Passos John Dos Passos], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck John Steinbeck].
The term has latterly been used as a generic shorthand for groups of young people disproportionately affected by [[economic]] shocks, often involving lengthy periods of unemployment, such as those affected by the Global financial crisis of 2008–2009.[1][2]. This is partly based on [[evidence]] that it can be difficult for those affected to get back into employment when economic activity picks up.
===The Counterculture===
In the 1960s "dropping out" was used to mean withdrawing from established [[society]], especially because of disillusion with [[convention]]al [[values]]. It is a term commonly associated with the 1960s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterculture counterculture]. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_on,_tune_in,_drop_out Turn on, tune in, drop out]. The academic, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Farquharson Robin Farquharson], wrote a book; entitled Drop Out!, about his own [[experience]]s dropping out of university life after he saw Timothy Leary's "Turn on..." statement on television.
====Notable "Dropouts"====
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein Albert Einstein]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates Bill Gates]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer Bobby Fischer]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau Henry David Thoreau]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dell Michael Dell]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs Steve Jobs]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney Walt Disney]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Brothers Wright Brothers]
[[Category: Psychology]]
[[Category: Sociology]]
==Definition==
1. The state or condition of being '''''disillusioned'''''
:a.trans. To [[freedom|free]] from [[illusion]]; to disenchant, undeceive, disillusionize.
===Chronologic Samples===
*1864 Reader 1 Oct. 417 Captain Burton..disillusioned many be stating that the plain on which it stands was by no means unlike some parts of central equatorial Africa.
*1876 W. C. RUSSELL Is he the Man? III. 193 His voice disillusioned me in a second.
==Creative Repercussions==
===Lost Generation===
This term was coined by [[author]] and [[poet]] Gertrude Stein to characterize a general motif of '''''disillusionment''''' of American literary notables who lived in Paris and Europe after [[World War I|First World War]], especially after military service in the war. Figures identified with the "Lost Generation" included authors and artists such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway Ernest Hemingway], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Pound Ezra Pound], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dos_Passos John Dos Passos], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck John Steinbeck].
The term has latterly been used as a generic shorthand for groups of young people disproportionately affected by [[economic]] shocks, often involving lengthy periods of unemployment, such as those affected by the Global financial crisis of 2008–2009.[1][2]. This is partly based on [[evidence]] that it can be difficult for those affected to get back into employment when economic activity picks up.
===The Counterculture===
In the 1960s "dropping out" was used to mean withdrawing from established [[society]], especially because of disillusion with [[convention]]al [[values]]. It is a term commonly associated with the 1960s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterculture counterculture]. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_on,_tune_in,_drop_out Turn on, tune in, drop out]. The academic, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Farquharson Robin Farquharson], wrote a book; entitled Drop Out!, about his own [[experience]]s dropping out of university life after he saw Timothy Leary's "Turn on..." statement on television.
====Notable "Dropouts"====
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein Albert Einstein]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates Bill Gates]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer Bobby Fischer]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau Henry David Thoreau]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dell Michael Dell]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs Steve Jobs]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney Walt Disney]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Brothers Wright Brothers]
[[Category: Psychology]]
[[Category: Sociology]]
