disaffect

Meanings

• adjective, verb

  Feeling of disappointment, dissatisfaction, or alienation

  - "The students were disaffected with the new teacher's teaching style."
  - "He felt disaffected after losing his job."
  - "The disaffected citizens took to the streets to protest."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with disaffect
affect , effect , reflect

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Variants

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disaffect , disaffected , disaffecting , disaffection , disaffections , disaffects

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Forms

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disaffectedness, disaffectedly, disaffecting

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'affectus' meaning 'emotion' or 'feeling'. The prefix 'dis-' means 'opposite' or 'reverse'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'disaffected' was first used in English in the late 16th century.

2. The word 'affect' has both a noun and a verb meaning, but 'disaffect' is only used as an adjective or a verb.

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Related Concepts

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1. apathy: A feeling of indifference, lack of interest, or motivation.

2. alienation: A feeling of being isolated or estranged from others, often due to social or psychological factors.

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Culture

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Disaffected individuals have been portrayed in literature and art as rebels or outcasts, such as in Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' and Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart'.

How to Memorize "disaffect"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a group of people with sad or disappointed expressions, or a person feeling isolated and alone.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with feelings of disappointment, dissatisfaction, or alienation.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember that 'disaffect' starts with the letter 'd', which sounds like 'dis' and 'affect'.

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