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disaffected

[dis-uh-fek-tid]

adjective

  1. discontented and disloyal, as toward the government or toward authority.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • disaffectedly adverb
  • disaffectedness noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of disaffected1

First recorded in 1625–35; disaffect + -ed 2
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Then there’s the lonely, disaffected expatriate bachelor on the hunt for a quiet, traditional wife.

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The inability of law and public policy in this country to keep up with the shifting, evolving manifestations of racism is leaving a lot of people disaffected as well.

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Maybe that seems archaic in an increasingly disconnected, disaffected world.

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The protest vote is not confined to the poorest or most disaffected.

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By the 1970s, that dream vanished for many disaffected youths, and a new scene emerged that many in the community would instantly hate.

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