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alienation
[eyl-yuh-ney-shuhn, ey-lee-uh-]
noun
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the state of being alienated, withdrawn, or isolated from the objective world, as through indifference or disaffection.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.
alienation
/ ˌeɪljəˈneɪʃən, ˌeɪlɪə- /
noun
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
alienation
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.
Other 51Թ Forms
- alienative adjective
- nonalienation noun
- realienation noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of alienation1
Example Sentences
Partisan polarization and voter alienation are key symptoms of worldwide democratic backsliding.
It found that many Jewish and Muslim students faced bias, exclusion and alienation from the university curriculum and its community.
Powell had exposed a gap between elite opinion and a growing sense of alienation and resentment in large sections of the population.
The new cabinet includes representation from Canada's prairie provinces - a minister and secretary of state - where there are growing musings about separation amid a broader sense of western alienation from the power centre in Ottawa.
This sense of "western alienation", a term used to describe the feeling that the region is often overlooked by politicians in Canada's capital, is nothing new.
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