'Disaffection' definitions:
Definition of 'disaffection'
(from WordNet)
noun
The feeling of being alienated from other people [syn: alienation, disaffection, estrangement]
noun
Disloyalty to the government or to established authority; "the widespread disaffection of the troops"
Definition of 'Disaffection'
From: GCIDE
- Disaffection \Dis`af*fec"tion\, n.
- 1. State of being disaffected; alienation or want of affection or good will, esp. toward those in authority; unfriendliness; dislike. [1913 Webster]
- In the making laws, princes must have regard to . . . the affections and disaffections of the people. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Disorder; bad constitution. [R.] --Wiseman.
- Syn: Dislike; disgust; discontent; unfriendliness; alienation; disloyalty; hostility. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disaffection'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alienation,
- bad faith,
- barratry,
- breach,
- breach of faith,
- breach of friendship,
- breach of promise,
- breach of trust,
- break,
- cleavage,
- cleft,
- dereliction,
- disaffinity,
- disapprobation,
- disapproval,
- disfavor,
- disinclination,
- dislike,
- disloyalty,
- displeasure,
- disrelish,
- disruption,
- distaste,
- disunion,
- disunity,
- divergence,
- dividedness,
- division,
- estrangement,
- faithlessness,
- falling-out,
- falseness,
- falsity,
- fickleness,
- inconstancy,
- infidelity,
- mala fides,
- open rupture,
- Punic faith,
- recall of ambassadors,
- recreancy,
- rift,
- rupture,
- schism,
- separation,
- split,
- trothlessness,
- unfaith,
- unfaithfulness,
- unloyalty,
- unsteadfastness,
- untrueness