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Notion You  Disabuse  Them Human Beings Fooled Believing

Front Human beings had been fooled into believing that they had purpose and capacity under the Judeo-Christian-supported Enlightenment system. But they could be disabused of that notion. They could be changed for better. 
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If you disabuse someone of something, you 
tell
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 them or 
persuade
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 them that what they believe is in fact 
untrue
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to rid of false ideas
[formal]
They thought country people liked to please strangers. I did not disabuse them of this notion. 
[VERB noun + of]
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Synonyme: 
enlighten
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, 
correct
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, set right, open the eyes of 

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