misaffection

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ affection

Noun

misaffection (countable and uncountable, plural misaffections)

  1. (obsolete) An evil or wrong affection; the state of being ill affected.
    • 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volumes (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
      It is not only ignorance that is to be removed, but misaffection.
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