1. a feeling of discontent or disloyalty toward a person, group, or institution

Examples

• Growing disaffection among voters led to low turnout in the election.
• The workers’ disaffection with management resulted in a strike.
• His disaffection from the political party became evident in his speeches.
• The survey revealed widespread disaffection among college students.
• Years of broken promises created disaffection within the community.
• The general’s disaffection toward the government was well known.