🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

desfiliação

Pronunciation / Transliteration: desfiliacao

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
disaffiliation/ˌdɪsəˌfɪliˈeɪʃən/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A desfiliação do sindicato surpreendeu a diretoria."

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As noun
  1. 1

    The process or act of officially separating or severing a connection with a larger organization, group, or institution.

    "The church experienced a wave of disaffiliation among younger members."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

From dis- (expressing negation or reversal) + affiliation, from medieval Latin affiliare (to adopt as a son), from ad- (to) + filius (son).

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