English noun: disaffection | |||
| 1. | disaffection (feeling) the feeling of being alienated from other people | ||
| Synonyms | alienation, estrangement | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dislike | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | isolation | ||
| 2. | disaffection (attribute) disloyalty to the government or to established authority | ||
| Samples | The widespread disaffection of the troops. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disloyalty | ||