dissatisfaction

From dis- + satisfaction.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪsˌsætɪsˈfækʃən/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /dɪsˌsætɪsˈfækʃən/, [dɪsˌsæɾɪsˈfækʃən]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /dɪsˌsætɪsˈfækʃən/

dissatisfaction (countable and uncountable, plural dissatisfactions)

1. Unhappiness or discontent.
   • 2013 August 23, Jonathan Steele, “The west has little influence in Egypt”, in The Guardian Weekly‎^[1], volume 189, number 11, archived from the original on 5 January 2020, page 18:

     The coup was well-planned. Fuel was artificially held back so as to create shortages and dissatisfaction with Brotherhood rule. The old state-controlled unions mounted public sector strikes that further sabotaged the economy and annoyed people. Police-controlled thugs who had been used against the Tahrir Square demonstrations in 2011 came back into action.

   • 2025 February 14, Heather Westwood, Will Mandy, Rebecca Brewer, “The Relationship Between Interoception, Alexithymia, Autistic Traits and Eating Pathology in Autistic Adults”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders‎^[2], →DOI:

     The hypothesis that the strength of the relationship between ED pathology and body image dissatisfaction would be weaker in the autistic group was not supported.

2. The cause of such feelings.

• unsatisfactoriness