MEANING
1. A feeling or condition of being disconnected from people, a community, or oneself.
2. The transfer of property, ownership, or certain rights to another person.
Use it for
Outsiders within households, loss of belonging, unfamiliarity with one's own life.Make exclusion psychological rather than only geographic.
Words that belong together
- sense of alienation
- alienation from family
- deepen alienation
On the page
The formal dinners deepened her alienation from the family.
Returning home brought alienation rather than comfort.
He described an alienation from his own past after reading the diaries.
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- alienation
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Broader than estrangement from a specific person; specialized philosophical and legal senses require context. Usually uncountable; plural alienations for separate processes or legal transfers.
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