1. correcting someone’s mistaken belief or freeing them from a false idea
Usage: present participle of disabuse

Examples

• The teacher spent time disabusing students of common misconceptions about gravity.
• She was disabusing him of the notion that success comes without hard work.
• The documentary is effective at disabusing viewers of romantic myths about war.
• He found himself disabusing his friend of several false beliefs about the company.
• The scientist dedicated her career to disabusing the public of pseudoscientific claims.
• They were disabusing tourists of the idea that all local food is spicy.