alienation.
The act of alienating.
Meaning & usage
The act of alienating.
The alienation of that viewing demographic is a poor business decision.
The state of being alienated.
His alienation from his family means he has nowhere to go at Christmas.
Emotional isolation or dissociation, as from being separated from social connections or estranged from one's family or community; a feeling of being an outsider.
I didn't care about anything back then, not holidays or family or my career, I felt utter alienation from everything around me.
When parents get divorced, their child sometimes experiences parental alienation, in which they are estranged from the noncustodial parent.
Verfremdungseffekt.
The transfer of property to another person.
The estrangement of people from aspects of their human nature as a consequence of the division of labour and living in a society of stratified social classes (e.g., under capitalism or feudalism).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English alienacioun, from Old French alienacion, from Latin aliēnātiōn(em).
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