as in estrangement
the loss of friendship or affection
widespread disaffection with the governor's administration in its final year
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alienation
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The reports included accounts of both Jewish and Muslim students dealing with profound grief over the deaths of loved ones, concerns for their safety and feelings of alienation and academic censorship.—
Jeff Winter,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025 -
That sense of alienation, that sense of a slight remove, something bubbling under the surface—that’s as New York a story as glamour or whatever else.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Disaffection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disaffection. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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