neo- , disaffected, fearful symmetry, estrange, man of many trades, point to/towards sth

Why do disaffected Muslim youngsters leave safe European cities for war zones?


The Belgians are trying to get to disaffected youths before Islamic State does

In the Facebook Era, Vivid Reminders of Loss
By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS

Social media can add to the pain of family estrangements because relatives can peek into each other’s private lives.

On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'Her Fearful Symmetry'

By AUDREY NIFFENEGGER
Reviewed by SUSANN COKAL

In this intricate exploration of love, identity and obsession, a woman buried in Highgate Cemetery haunts the London flat she has left to the twin daughters of her own estranged twin.

'Everything Here Is the Best Thing Ever: Stories'

By JUSTIN TAYLOR
Reviewed by TODD PRUZAN

Justin Taylor's sharp first story collection documents the confusion of being young, disaffected and human.

He was estranged from his wife in 1858 after the birth of their ten children, but maintained relations with his mistress, the actress Ellen Ternan. He died of a stroke in 1870. He is buried at Westminster Abbey.



man of many trades
Toward the end of my stay in France, I spent an afternoon with two lawyers who represented disaffected winemakers in the cru bourgeois and St. Émilion cases.

'Palo Alto: Stories'

By JAMES FRANCO
Reviewed by JOSHUA MOHR

James Franco, a man of many trades, explores disaffected youth in his first story collection.

Study points to xenophobia among German teenagers 

A study carried out among German youths shows that one in seven admits to showing hostility towards foreigners. The state-sponsored report also revealed that neo Nazi-symbols were used by one in 10 of the youths surveyed. The swastika and other Nazi symbols are banned in Germany. The two-year survey was was carried out among some 45,000 15-year-olds. It was presented in Berlin by Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and Christian Pfeiffer, head of the Criminal Research Institute in the state of Lower Saxony. Experts have been warning of stepped up efforts by right-wing anti-foreigner groups to recruit members among Germany's disaffected young people. Schaeuble said he would push for the creation of more sports clubs in regions with social problems.



neo- Show phonetics
prefix
new or recent, or in a modern form:
neo-fascist
neo-Nazi
neo-realist cinema

point to/towards sth phrasal verb
to make it seem likely that a particular fact is true or that a particular event will happen:
All the evidence points to suicide.

disaffected

adj.
Resentful and rebellious, especially against authority.
Dissatisfied, especially with people in authority or a system of control:a military plot by disaffected elements in the army
disaffectedly dis'af·fect'ed·ly adv.

es·trange (ĭ-strānj')
tr.v., -tranged, -trang·ing, -trang·es.

1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate.
2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations.

[Middle English estraungen, from Old French estrangier, from Latin extrāneāre, to treat as a stranger, disown, from extrāneus, foreign. See strange.]

estrangement es·trange'ment n.
estranger es·trang'er n.

SYNONYMS estrange, alienate, disaffect. These verbs refer to disruption of a bond of love, friendship, or loyalty. Estrange and alienate are often used with reference to two persons whose harmonious relationship has been replaced by hostility or indifference: Political disagreements led to quarrels that finally estranged the two friends. His persistent antagonism alienated his wife. Disaffect usually implies discontent, ill will, and disloyalty within the membership of a group: Colonists were disaffected by the royal governor's actions.

estrangement[es・trange・ment]

発音記号[istréindʒmənt]
[名][C][U]（…からの）疎隔, 疎遠, 離反；疎外((from ...))；（…との；…間の）仲たがい, 不和((with ...；between ...)).

dis·af·fect·ed (dĭs'ə-fĕk'tĭd)
adj.
Resentful and rebellious, especially against authority.

disaffectedly dis'af·fect'ed·ly adv.

Poem Text

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder, & what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?
What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
When the stars threw down their spears,
And water’ d heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?