Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disaffection"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
In the making laws, princes must have regard to . .
. the affections and disaffections of the people.
--Jer. Taylor.
2. Disorder; bad constitution. [R.] --Wiseman.
Syn: Dislike; disgust; discontent; unfriendliness;
alienation; disloyalty; hostility.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disaffection
n 1: the feeling of being alienated from other people [syn: {alienation},
{estrangement}]
2: disloyalty to the government or to established authority;
"the widespread disaffection of the troops"
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