disaffiliated
Left the group
Disaffiliated describes someone or something that has ended a formal connection or membership with a group, organization, or institution.
Churches disaffiliate from denominations, unions disaffiliate from federations, and individuals disaffiliate from political parties.
The word emphasizes the active breaking of a previous bond rather than simply never having belonged.
Several congregations disaffiliated from the national church over doctrinal disputes.
Separated from a source
- separatedPut or kept apart
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- disengagedNot participating or invested
- disassociatedSplit off from awareness
split · divorced · disbanded · disunited · parted · withdrawn · resigned · defected
Separated by emotional distance
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- rejectedRefused or turned away
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
shunned · outcast · disowned · abandoned · spurned · repudiated · banished · forsaken
Self-directed and free
- nonalignedNot allied with superpowers
- self-governingControlling one's own affairs
- sovereignSupreme in power
- neutralNot favoring any side
nonpartisan · freestanding · uncommitted · self-reliant · self-sufficient · unattached · free-agent · liberated
disconnected
Separated from a source
- separatedPut or kept apart
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- disengagedNot participating or invested
disassociated · split · divorced · disbanded · disunited · parted · withdrawn · resigned · defected · departed
estranged
Separated by emotional distance
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- rejectedRefused or turned away
- excludedShut out, denied entry
ostracized · shunned · outcast · disowned · abandoned · spurned · repudiated · banished · forsaken · unwanted
autonomous
Self-directed and free
- nonalignedNot allied with superpowers
- self-governingControlling one's own affairs
- sovereignSupreme in power
neutral · nonpartisan · freestanding · uncommitted · self-reliant · self-sufficient · unattached · free-agent · liberated · standalone
- ex-believersapostate, ex-believer, former believer, lapsed, deconvert
- nonbelieversatheist, atheists, agnostic, agnostics, nonbeliever
- nullifiedvoided, annulled, invalidated, nullified, rescinded
disaffiliatedaffiliated
Formally linked or connected
joined · enrolled · member · associated · connected
disaffiliatedintegrated
Combined into a whole
connected · involved · engaged · bonded · participating