Synonyms for disaffection
Most common
alienation apostasy estrangement dislike disinclination disloyalty
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Alienation — alienation; loss of loyalty
2. Disinclination
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Alienation; loss of loyalty.
The policy caused disaffection among young voters.
- n. 2
Discontent; unrest.
Related words
- Other spellings
- disaffectation
Forms
- Plural
- disaffections → alienations, estrangements, apostasies, breaches…
Example sentences
- alienation Alienation is the only thing I understand about Marxism.
- apostasy Tom's apostasy will not go unpunished.
- dislike The thing is, I dislike people who talk like that.
- disloyalty I'm suffering because I discovered your disloyalty.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| disaffection | steady | |
| alienation | steady | |
| apostasy | rising | |
| estrangement | steady | |
| dislike | steady | |
| disinclination | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- breach1
- 7 letters
- dislike2, mislike
- 8 letters
- apostasy
- 10 letters
- alienation5, disloyalty4
- 12 letters
- estrangement3
- 14 letters
- disinclination5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dislike2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- désaffection