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Disaffection   /dˌɪsəfˈɛkʃən/   Listen
noun
Disaffection  n.  
1.
State of being disaffected; alienation or want of affection or good will, esp. toward those in authority; unfriendliness; dislike. "In the making laws, princes must have regard to... the affections and disaffections of the people."
2.
Disorder; bad constitution. (R.)
Synonyms: Dislike; disgust; discontent; unfriendliness; alienation; disloyalty; hostility.





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"Disaffection" Quotes from Famous Books



... cynical as was supposed. Like most things in this world, it had its different component parts. There was the cynical arrogance of the Prussian Court upon the one side; but upon the other side there was the ominous disaffection of the lesser German States, and the rampant, angry Socialism of the lower and middle classes throughout the Empire, which had become steadily more and more virulent from the time of the reactionary elections of the early part of 1907, in which the Socialists felt that they had ...
— The Message • Alec John Dawson
... stations. Yes; and off to a hiding-place he has elsewhere—a safer one—somewhere in the Sierras. Confound those Sierras with their caverns and forests. They're full of my enemies, rebels, and robbers. But I'll have them rooted out, hanged, shot, till I clear the country of disaffection. Carajo! I shall be master of Mexico, not only in name, but deeds. ...
— The Free Lances - A Romance of the Mexican Valley • Mayne Reid
... the King's three years before, and had since then been knighted, appointed privy-councillor, Master of the Jewel-house, and Clerk of the Hanaper in the Court of Chancery. At the same time he was actively engaged on his amazing system of espionage through which he was able to detect disaffection in all parts of the country, and thereby render himself invaluable to the King, who, like all the Tudors, while perfectly fearless in the face of open danger was pitiably ...
— The King's Achievement • Robert Hugh Benson
... however, put off until the following December; and when the time came for her departure, neither Mr. Johnson nor the Fuselis accompanied her. Since the disaffection of the latter has been construed in a way which reflects upon her character, it is necessary to pause here to consider the nature of the friendship which existed between them. The slightest shadow unfairly cast upon ...
— Mary Wollstonecraft • Elizabeth Robins Pennell
... fairly peacefully for centuries under the rule of the Alejandro dynasty. Then, in the reign of Alejandro the Thirteenth, disaffection had begun to spread, culminating in the Infamy of 1905, which, Roland had at last discovered, was nothing less than the abolition of the monarchy and the installation ...
— A Man of Means • P. G. Wodehouse and C. H. Bovill


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