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Disappointment is the feeling of dissatisfaction that follows the failure of expectations or hopes [1] to manifest. Similar to regret, it differs in that a person who feels regret focuses primarily on the personal choices that contributed to a poor outcome, while a person feeling disappointment focuses on the outcome itself. [2]
The Great Disappointment is viewed by some scholars as an example of the psychological phenomenon of cognitive dissonance. [45] The theory was proposed by Leon Festinger to describe the formation of new beliefs and increased proselytizing in order to reduce the tension, or dissonance, that results from failed prophecies . [ 46 ]
Disappointment is the feeling of dissatisfaction that follows the failure of expectations to manifest. Disappointment may also refer to: Camp Disappointment , the northernmost campsite of the Lewis and Clark expedition
"Disappointed" (Public Image Ltd song), 1989 "Disappointed" (Electronic song), with Neil Tennant, 1992 "Disappointed" (Ivy song), 2001 "Disappointed", by Stormzy "Disappointed", song by Death Grips from Year of the Snitch
Cape Disappointment State Park is located on the cape, as is the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse. United States Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment is situated on the river near the state park. The station's crewmembers respond to 300–400 calls for assistance every year.
The Disappointment" is a poem written by Aphra Behn. It was first published in 1680 (see 1680 in poetry) in the Earl of Rochester's Poems on Several Occasions [1] and originally was believed to be Rochester’s own work. However, four years later, the poem was re-published in Aphra Behn’s Poems on Several Occasions and she received proper credit.
Political Disappointment: A Cultural History from Reconstruction to the AIDS Crisis is a nonfiction book by Sara Marcus.The book focuses on the Reconstruction era and the 20th century in the United States, conducting close readings of various works from the period to support the thesis that supporters of social justice experienced it as a succession of "political disappointments".
Mount Disappointment is a mountain in the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County, California with a summit elevation of 5,963+ feet (1,818+ m). It was named "Disappointment" in 1894 when USGS surveyors in the Wheeler Survey sighted it from the Santa Susana Mountains , believing it to be the highest point in the immediate area, decided to ...