Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: disaffection
IPA transcription: [d,ɪsəf'ɛkʃən]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: disaffection
    Meaning: disloyalty to the government or to established authority; "the widespread disaffection of the troops"
  • Synonyms: alienation, disaffection, estrangement
    Meaning: the feeling of being alienated from other people
Usage examples
  • My advice and expostulations with my sons were abortive; and year after year their disaffection for each other increased.
  • This step caused extreme discontent among the trading classes of America, and these set to work vigorously to stir up a strong feeling of disaffection against England.
  • In 1872 considerable disaffection having arisen in the Republican party at the course pursued by President Grant at the South, the "Liberal Republicans," headed by Sumner, Schurz, and Trumbull, held a convention at Cincinnati, and nominated Horace Greeley for President.