verb
- to cause someone to lose loyalty, affection, or support for a person, group, or cause
Usage: formal
Examples
- The scandal disaffected many of the party’s longtime supporters.
- Poor working conditions began to disaffect the employees.
- The government’s policies disaffected voters in rural areas.
- His harsh criticism disaffected several key allies.
- The company’s layoffs disaffected the remaining workforce.
- Economic hardship disaffected citizens from the ruling party.