Disenchanter

/ˌdɪsɪnˈtʃæntər/ noun

Definition

A person who causes someone to lose their illusions or false beliefs; one who dispels enchantment or magical thinking.

Etymology

From disenchant + -er (agent suffix); a person who performs the action of disenchanting others.

Kelly Says

Think of the disenchanter as a kind of intellectual hero in stories—they're the truth-teller who breaks the spell of collective delusion, like Galileo disenchanting people about how the cosmos actually works.

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