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disaffect
[ dis-uh-fekt ]
verb (used with object)
- to alienate the affection, sympathy, or support of; make discontented or disloyal:
The dictator's policies had soon disaffected the people.
disaffect
/ ˌdɪsəˈfɛkt /
verb
- tr; often passive to cause to lose loyalty or affection; alienate
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Derived Forms
- ˌdisafˈfectedness, noun
- ˌdisafˈfectedly, adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of disaffect1
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Synonym Study
See estrange.
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Example Sentences
As is often the case in journalism, if you disaffect both parties you know you are doing something right.
From The Daily Beast
Be sure that you keep up true conjugal love to one another, and that you grow not to disaffect the persons of each other.
From Project Gutenberg
And these first glimpses of the happy lives of others seemed to disaffect me more than ever with my own.
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