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n. - Disloyalty to the government or to established authority; The feeling of being alienated from other people.

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  • The widespread disaffection of the troops
  • "However, the benefits of the QPRIME system into the future far outweigh short-term disaffection by some officers," the spokesperson said.
  • There's a ground swell of disaffection, which is dangerous.
  • Taliban commanders might well recall the disaffection and desertion they faced in the long civil war of the mid-nineties.
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