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DISAFFECT (9)
disaffect
estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect - v
arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"
in a sentence
The government's policies have disaffected the pepole.
The soldiers were disaffected toward the government.
The party needs to take steps to attract disaffected voters.
Disaffected members have left to form a new party.
The politician tried to disaffect every major voting bloc.
etymology
1620s, "lack affection for" (a sense now obsolete); 1640s, "alienate the affection of, make less friendly" (the main modern sense), from dis- + affect (v.1). Related: Disaffected; disaffecting.
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