Disaffection

As the British people are made ever more aware of the impotence of our Parliament and Government to produce solutions appropriate to them (and desired by them) rather than to the goat farmers of Cyprus, because of the extent to which it has handed power over, lock, stock and barrel to the EU, then will come a time of growing disaffection from the European racket. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Case in point: Openly anxious about grass-roots disaffection from the Republican Party, conservative Christian organizers are reaching for ways to turn out voters this November, including arguing that recognizing same-sex marriage could also limit religious freedom. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It has even been stated that the word disaffection was uttered during this secret conference by the sincere and truthful lips of M. de Saint-Aignan. ❋ Various (N/A)

You may well have a point about Lib Dem voters staying away, but what neither you nor anyone else can prove is whether it was a one-off punishment or a sign of a long-term disaffection. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This social unrest was compounded by the evangelical revival, which although it later became a conservative force that protected Britain from radical political change, was at this point profoundly disturbing as it uncovered and stimulated disaffection from the Established Church. ❋ Unknown (1820)

"However, the benefits of the QPRIME system into the future far outweigh short-term disaffection by some officers," the spokesperson said. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I being in such a position in the colony, and considering the fact that Madam Cavendish and Catherine were staunch loyalists, and would have sent all their tobacco to the bottom of the salt sea had the king so ordained, and regarded all disaffection from the royal will as a deadly sin against God and the Church, as well as the throne, and knowing the danger which Mary Cavendish ran, I was in a sore quandary. ❋ Unknown (1900)

This disaffection is partly due to the video invasion, or to the bureaucratization of channels who’ve become less and less creative, but that’s not the main thing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On the other hand, such disaffection is always more effective (or anyway, more interesting) when it’s organized – and especially when it’s self-organized. ❋ Unknown (2005)

There's a ground swell of disaffection, which is dangerous. ❋ Unknown (2004)

In the several cases which have been specified, the _external acts_ indeed are different; but in _principle_ the disaffection is the same; and unless we return to our allegiance, we must expect the title, and prepare to meet the punishment, of rebels on that tremendous day, when all false colours shall be done away, and ❋ William Wilberforce (1796)

They breathe a spirit of malevolent disaffection, which is indeed but very imperfectly smothered in the decent language of conjectural propositions. ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)

Taliban commanders might well recall the disaffection and desertion they faced in the long civil war of the mid-nineties. ❋ Unknown (2009)

No such thing was ever known as disaffection becoming so generally diffused among them as to lead to a rebellion of the people, or an attempt to shake off the leeches who suck them so deeply; and this can only be attributed to the sway the priesthood have over the minds of the Indians, as without their influence and aid, beyond a doubt, such an attempt would be made; and if it should ever come about, it would be no very difficult affair for the natives, if properly led, to overthrow the sway of the ❋ Robert MacMicking (N/A)

-- never allowed to go out alone, or to sit in the attic after a certain hour; driven into brooding loneliness and disaffection -- in other words, towards her fellow-victim instead of from him. ❋ Ada Cambridge (1885)

The federation cant tell us what actions we should take in the way of working to rule or putting in all our TOIL (time of in lieu) for payment, because that would be causing disaffection which is a criminal offence in the police. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2007)

If "disaffection," "anger," "demoralization," and a propensity for anti-social behavior are inculcated in a large minority of the youth cohort, then society is likely to go through some very hard times in the coming decades. ❋ Daniel Little (2009)

See how Team Disaffected brought down the [administration] at [the University of Kansas] [Business School]. ❋ Squiggmo (2010)