Disaffect
(verb)
- To cause to lose interest or loyalty.
- To alienate or estrange someone from something or someone.
Origin:
From the prefix dis- meaning "to undo" or "to reverse" and affect meaning to have an emotional or cognitive impact.
Examples:
- The new policy disaffected many of the employees.
- The leader's actions disaffected a significant portion of their supporters.
- The delay in payment disaffected the workers.
- The change in leadership disaffected the members of the organization.
- The lack of communication disaffected the team members.