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Alienation (Noun)

Meaning 1

Separation resulting from hostility.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Synonyms

  • Estrangement

Meaning 2

The feeling of being alienated from other people.

Classification

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.

Examples

  • She struggled to overcome her alienation after moving to a new city where she knew no one.
  • His experience as a minority student at a predominantly white university left him feeling like an outsider and increased his sense of alienation.
  • After the loss of her best friend, she began to experience deep emotional alienation and withdrew from her social circle.
  • He had become disillusioned with his high-pressure job, feeling like just a cog in a machine and an object of exploitation, and that realization heightened his feelings of alienation.
  • Growing up as an only child of parents who constantly worked and rarely had time for him had caused his lifelong alienation and a profound struggle to connect with others.

Synonyms

  • Estrangement
  • Disaffection

Meaning 3

(law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another; "the power of alienation is an essential ingredient of ownership".

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Hypernyms

  • Transference

Meaning 4

The action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly; "his behavior alienated the other students".

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

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