Associations to the word «Disaffection»

Wiktionary

DISAFFECTION, noun. Discontent; unrest.
DISAFFECTION, noun. Alienation; loss of loyalty.

Dictionary definition

DISAFFECTION, noun. The feeling of being alienated from other people.
DISAFFECTION, noun. Disloyalty to the government or to established authority; "the widespread disaffection of the troops".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats