A feeling of dissatisfaction, resentment, and loss of loyalty toward someone or something.
From disaffect + -ion (Latin suffix). This noun entered English in the 17th century, particularly in political contexts describing government opposition.
Historians use 'disaffection' to diagnose the health of societies—high disaffection signals instability—making it a word that explains everything from revolutions to election results.
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