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DISAFFECTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disloyalty to the government or to established authority
Example:
the widespread disaffection of the troops
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("disaffection" is a kind of...):
disloyalty (the quality of being disloyal)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The feeling of being alienated from other people
Synonyms:
alienation; disaffection; estrangement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("disaffection" is a kind of...):
dislike (a feeling of aversion or antipathy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disaffection"):
isolation (a feeling of being disliked and alone)
Derivation:
disaffect (arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness)
