alienation
the act of alienating, or of causing someone to become indifferent or hostile: The advocacy group fights against prejudice and social alienation of immigrants.
the state of being alienated, withdrawn, or isolated from the objective world, as through indifference or disaffection: the group's alienation from mainstream society.
the act of turning away, transferring, or diverting: the alienation of land and resources from African peoples.
Law. a transfer of the title to property by one person to another; conveyance.
Statistics. the lack of correlation in the variation of two measurable variates over a population.
Origin of alienation
1Other words from alienation
- al·ien·a·tive, adjective
- non·al·ien·a·tion, noun
- re·al·ien·a·tion, noun
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How to use alienation in a sentence
I think what’s kind of neat is that he’s doing this thing where he’s presenting alienation in really dark tones, but it’s accepted in a way where it’s just like, this is fun, pop music, like he’s tricking us.
Conspiracy beliefs have also been linked to feelings of powerlessness, anxiety, isolation and alienation.
Why America Is Ripe for Election Conspiracy Theorizing - Facts So Romantic | Brian Gallagher | November 17, 2020 | NautilusWith “American Selfie,” she presents a queasily candid summa of the alienation, wounded psyches and media-siloed belief systems she’s been chronicling for two decades.
Movies are rushing to impact the election. Don’t ask whether they’ll work. Ask whether they’ll last. | Ann Hornaday | October 30, 2020 | Washington PostIn 1968, depressed by the fact that his creations had exacerbated rather than cured the alienation and inequality of American suburban life, Gruen moved back to Europe.
The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Been Tough on Shopping Malls. History Suggests We Should Be Wary of What Might Replace Them | Sam Wetherell | October 28, 2020 | TimeThere was this real gap between what the elite conversation was and how … this just brewing anger and sense of alienation among lots of different groups of people.
Poverty, alienation, estrangement, continuously aggravated by racism, overt and institutional.
‘Why Have I Lost Control?’: Cory Booker in ’92 on Rodney King Echoes Ferguson | Cory Booker | November 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut The Dog surpasses simply documenting the alienation endemic in the 21st-century global village.
Joseph O'Neill's 'The Dog' Has a Dystopian Dubai as Modernity's Stand-In | J.P. O’Malley | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis kind of thing sits in black American minds and creates a sense of alienation.
The True Stereotypes Behind Michael Brown's Death | John McWhorter | August 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was probably a perfect young candidate for moral alienation when confronted with the reality of war.
Bergdahl’s Bitter Homecoming: The Psychological Cost of War | Jean Kim | July 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDeeper alienation and isolation can follow along with heightened chances of suicide and substance abuse.
Bergdahl’s Bitter Homecoming: The Psychological Cost of War | Jean Kim | July 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the close relation and affection of these last days, the sense of alienation and antagonism faded from both their hearts.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonWith regard to the latter he showed very plainly his alienation from Russian soil.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyHer quiet confidence, while I was so dissatisfied, worked curiously towards the alienation of my sympathies.
The New Machiavelli | Herbert George WellsAll future tenures created by the king to be in free and common socage, reserving rents to the Crown and also fines on alienation.
Landholding In England | Joseph FisherThese nightly retirements, in the sequel, gave rise to the first suspicion of his alienation from the church of Rome.
Fox's Book of Martyrs | John Foxe
British Dictionary definitions for alienation
/ (ˌeɪljəˈneɪʃən, ˌeɪlɪə-) /
a turning away; estrangement
the state of being an outsider or the feeling of being isolated, as from society
psychiatry a state in which a person's feelings are inhibited so that eventually both the self and the external world seem unreal
law
the transfer of property, as by conveyance or will, into the ownership of another
the right of an owner to dispose of his property
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Cultural definitions for alienation
[ (ay-lee-uh-nay-shuhn) ]
A feeling of separation or isolation. In social science, alienation is associated with the problems caused by rapid social change, such as industrialization and urbanization (see Industrial Revolution), which has broken down traditional relationships among individuals and groups and the goods and services they produce.
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