Disaffection  

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Chrysippus, in a fragment from On affections, quoted by Galen in Hippocrates on Affections gives a short list of three "disaffections" — women, wine and humanity (misogunian, misoinian, misanthrōpian).

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  1. Discontent; unrest.
    His disaffection with all Microsoft products, while justified, was alarming.
  2. Alienation; loss of loyalty.

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  • Used with a preposition, such as "with" or "toward".




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