disaffected.

Dissatisfied with and less loyal to an institution, group, or authority.

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Words that belong together

• disaffected members
• disaffected voters

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Disaffected members began organizing outside the association.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Comparative more disaffected; superlative most disaffected when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, behavior. Commonness: moderately common.