What is another word for disaffection?
Synonyms for disaffection
-ʃəndis·af·fec·tion
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
disaffection
Synonyms:
disloyalty, rebellion, sedition, treasonAntonyms:
allegiance, devotion, faithfulness, fealty, homage, loyalty, obedience, subjection
Princeton's WordNet
alienation, disaffection, estrangementnoun
the feeling of being alienated from other people
Synonyms:
estrangement, alienationdisaffectionnoun
disloyalty to the government or to established authority
"the widespread disaffection of the troops"
Synonyms:
estrangement, alienation
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
disaffectionnoun
Synonyms:
alienation, estrangement, breach, disagreement, dissatisfaction, disloyalty, ill-will
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "disaffection":
discontent, dissatisfaction, displeasure, alienation, disillusionment
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#15471 | rebellion | |
#24186 | treason | |
#27687 | dissatisfaction | |
#28886 | alienation | |
#32460 | discontent | |
#47035 | sedition | |
#48141 | displeasure | |
#61088 | disillusionment | |
#89530 | estrangement | |
#98134 | disaffection | |
#103718 | disloyalty |
How to use disaffection in a sentence?
Affection cannot be manufactored or regulated by law. If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should be free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection, so long as he does not contemplate, promote, or incite to violence.
The disaffection that plays out in the US doesn't play out here because of the system.
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