disaffected
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7.3
- adjective
- /ˌdɪsəˈfɛktɪd/
- Formal
:
desafecto
- You could say it's about drugs or guns or disaffected youth, or whatever you like.
- disaffected youth
- disaffected groups
- disaffected segments of society
What, what there is a problem with young disaffected men in this country.
- What, what there is a problem with young disaffected men in this country.
- And that's the downside to to being here is that you just feel a little disaffected.
- So this is Ray Dalio loves to say over and over again that they're just a small number of disaffected employees who whisper about him.
- And their only bet, their only wager is that they can make more people disaffected with Trump.
- But the point I was trying to convey is that the reason I would be disaffected in a normal job is several.
- Now the people who join are probably going to be like disaffected young men that don't have a girlfriend and don't have that much to lose.
- So to me that that statement about creating a place of belonging for the disaffected, the outsiders is a really powerful concept.
- And so you have men now disaffected, unhappy, broke it, feeling upset with women, feeling they can't even find a woman.
Examples
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The disaffected voters expressed their frustration during the election by staying home.
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l think that a large part of the reason why today's youth seems so disaffected-- are so disaffected-- is because they really have so little control...
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How do you bring the disaffected groups back in?
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"There are so many folks disaffected with government and corporate lies," says Nelson.
Academic text (2011) -
Connects with the disaffected youth and the mentally ill.
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Now, there's a fine role model for our disaffected youth!
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In fact, I've never met anybody so shut down and disaffected in my entire life.
Fiction book (1999) -
Indians throughout the Puget Sound area quickly became disaffected with the federal government.
Academic text (1990) -
Politically inarticulate and generally isolationist, these disaffected citizens opposed the war as a waste of men and money.
Academic text (1992) -
Employing confrontational strategies, these different parties formed militias comprised mainly of disaffected youth.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
43
4.5
Not willing to follow rules or authority
16
7.3
Not agreeing with the official or common view
3
4.3
Feeling unhappy and not satisfied with your situation
1
7.7
Unhappy with people in charge or the way things are
1
8.5
Unhappy and likely to complain or rebel against authority
Unfriendly and angry toward people in charge
Antonyms
How Disaffected
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disaffected is made from dis- meaning 'not' and affect meaning 'feeling', as in affection. So a disaffected person no longer feels loyalty or support for those in power.