disaffection

Noun

Meaning

State of being disaffected; alienation or want of affection or good will, esp. toward those in authority; unfriendliness; dislike.

Disorder; bad constitution.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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When, from the top of any high hill, one looks round the country, and sees the multitude of regularly distributed spires, one not only ceases to wonder that order and religion are maintained, but one is astonished that any such thing as disaffection or irreligion should prevail. William Cobbett

If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection so long as he does not contemplate, promote, or incite violence. Mahatma Gandhi

Repression is the response of an increasingly desperate imperialist ruling clique to contain an otherwise uncontrollable and growing popular disaffection leading ultimately, we think, to the revolutionary transformation of society. Angela Davis

[...] antisemitism is rationalised by saying that the Jew is a person who spreads disaffection and weakens national morale. George Orwell

Disaffection stalks around us. Dolley Madison

Distance is disaffection. Arabic Proverb

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