alienation

[Al`ien*a·tion]

An easy way to experience alienation from your nice smelling friends is to go a month without bathing. Alienation is a state of being cut off or separate from a person or group of people.

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The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.

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

Noun
(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"

Noun
the feeling of being alienated from other people

Noun
separation resulting from hostility


n.
The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.

n.
A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another.

n.
A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections.

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Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind.


Alienation

Al`ien*a"tion , n. [F. ali'82nation, L. alienatio, fr. alienare, fr. alienare. See Alienate.] 1. The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated. 2. (Law) A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another. 3. A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections.
The alienation of his heart from the king.
4. Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind. Syn. -- Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; delirium; frenzy; dementia; monomania. See Insanity.

The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.

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Usage Examples

The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.

Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are they provide something steady, reliable and safe in a confusing world.

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Other Usage Examples

There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation.

Marks of Identity is, among other things, the expression of the process of alienation in a contemporary intellectual with respect to his own country.

There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.

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