disaffectedness

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noun

The quality of being disaffected.

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Meanings

noundisaffectedness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being disaffected.

    The dancers Rebecca Jefferson, Gino Grenek, Matthew Prescott and Ms. Miller pushed and pulled against one another and the music, with strangely postured disaffectedness, positioning Seth Tillett’s sculptured cardboard chairs like chess players jockeying for position.

    2007 September 29, Claudia La Rocco, “When Ballet and Music Are Awkward Partners”, in New York Times

Origin

From disaffected + -ness.

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APA

disaffectedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disaffectedness

MLA

“disaffectedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disaffectedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disaffectedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disaffectedness.

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