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单词 disaffection
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Definition of disaffection in English:

disaffection

noun dɪsəˈfɛkʃ(ə)nˌdɪsəˈfɛkʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • A state or feeling of being dissatisfied, especially with people in authority or a system of control.

    there is growing disaffection with large corporations
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is a high level of disaffection and boredom with an approach to learning which deletes joy, creativity and engagement from the process.
    • If government politicians do not listen to them, and ignore their concerns, political disaffection is likely.
    • The fact that the government itself now appears to have endorsed this view is unlikely to challenge public disaffection from the political process.
    • However, disaffection over this issue was dwarfed by a scandal which emerged in the 1990's.
    • The new journal grew out of the general disaffection that had been floating around the discipline for years.
    • The images are intended to convey alienation and disaffection and succeed in doing that, but not much more.
    • The abstention rate reflects the deep level of political disaffection and alienation felt by wide layers of the population.
    • It is, rather, the latest stage of a nagging public disaffection with the EU as a political, economic and social project.
    • Indeed, disaffection and rebellion in Ireland convinced ministers of the necessity of parliamentary union.
    • The disaffection has blossomed into outright hostility to the euro.
    • But there are many signs of public disaffection with the two-party system.
    • These consequences of unprecedented growth in population undoubtedly played a part in the general malaise out of which disaffection grew.
    • Then, disappointment and disaffection characterised the response of many.
    • Such negativity intensified the ‘disillusion and disaffection of a large part of the electorate,’ he said.
    • Armstrong takes his protest an intriguing step forward with this album by creating a rock opera informed by disaffection and disillusionment.
    • Unless you do this, you will continue disability discrimination and disaffection for current and future generations of our children.
    • But sunshine and grapevines have done nothing to ease his disaffection.
    • But disaffection over the city's infrastructure is not confined to the technology companies.
    • The racial dimensions of that alienation and disaffection are especially troubling.
    • The nearby army camp, which fell on Friday, was a hotbed of disaffection in mutinies in 1996 and 1997.
    Synonyms
    dissatisfaction, disgruntlement, discontent, restlessness, frustration
    alienation, estrangement
    disloyalty, rebellion, insubordination, mutiny, sedition, insurgence, insurrection, dissidence
    hostility, antagonism, animosity, discord, dissension
 
 

Definition of disaffection in US English:

disaffection

nounˌdisəˈfekSH(ə)nˌdɪsəˈfɛkʃ(ə)n
  • A state or feeling of being dissatisfied with the people in authority and no longer willing to support them.

    there is growing disaffection with large corporations
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Such negativity intensified the ‘disillusion and disaffection of a large part of the electorate,’ he said.
    • These consequences of unprecedented growth in population undoubtedly played a part in the general malaise out of which disaffection grew.
    • However, disaffection over this issue was dwarfed by a scandal which emerged in the 1990's.
    • The images are intended to convey alienation and disaffection and succeed in doing that, but not much more.
    • The racial dimensions of that alienation and disaffection are especially troubling.
    • The disaffection has blossomed into outright hostility to the euro.
    • Then, disappointment and disaffection characterised the response of many.
    • But there are many signs of public disaffection with the two-party system.
    • Unless you do this, you will continue disability discrimination and disaffection for current and future generations of our children.
    • There is a high level of disaffection and boredom with an approach to learning which deletes joy, creativity and engagement from the process.
    • The fact that the government itself now appears to have endorsed this view is unlikely to challenge public disaffection from the political process.
    • If government politicians do not listen to them, and ignore their concerns, political disaffection is likely.
    • Indeed, disaffection and rebellion in Ireland convinced ministers of the necessity of parliamentary union.
    • The abstention rate reflects the deep level of political disaffection and alienation felt by wide layers of the population.
    • Armstrong takes his protest an intriguing step forward with this album by creating a rock opera informed by disaffection and disillusionment.
    • But sunshine and grapevines have done nothing to ease his disaffection.
    • The nearby army camp, which fell on Friday, was a hotbed of disaffection in mutinies in 1996 and 1997.
    • But disaffection over the city's infrastructure is not confined to the technology companies.
    • The new journal grew out of the general disaffection that had been floating around the discipline for years.
    • It is, rather, the latest stage of a nagging public disaffection with the EU as a political, economic and social project.
    Synonyms
    dissatisfaction, disgruntlement, discontent, restlessness, frustration
 
 
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