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isolation vs disaffection

disaffection vs isolation

isolation and disaffection both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
isolation Yes No No No
disaffection Yes No No No
As nouns, disaffection is a hypernym of isolation; that is, disaffection is a word with a broader meaning than isolation:
  • isolation: a feeling of being disliked and alone
  • disaffection: the feeling of being alienated from other people
Other hypernyms of isolation include alienation, estrangement.
isolation (noun) disaffection (noun)
the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others disloyalty to the government or to established authority
a country's withdrawal from international politics the feeling of being alienated from other people
a feeling of being disliked and alone
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
a state of separation between persons or groups
Difference between isolation and disaffection

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