DISAFFECTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)