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alienation

noun
/ˌeɪli.əˈneɪʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English alienacioun, borrowed from Old French alienacion, itself borrowed from Latin aliēnātiōnem.

  1. derived from alienatio
  2. derived from alienacion
  3. inherited from alienacioun

Definitions

  1. The act of alienating.

    • The alienation of that viewing demographic is a poor business decision.
    • Wearing an Audie Murphy black jacket, playing a Chuck Berry guitar, and performing his electrified alienation with passionate indifference, Dylan assassinated the audience.

  2. The state of being alienated.

    • His alienation from his family means he has nowhere to go at Christmas.
    • I refer to the state of our divisions and alienations of spirit on account of religion.

  3. Emotional isolation or dissociation

    Emotional isolation or dissociation; a feeling of disconnection or of being an outsider.

    • My alienation was so complete back then that I was withdrawn and distant from everyone I knew.
    • To watch it even once is to be distracted, but in an evocative and resonant manner--to be drawn away from Benning's travels and alienations and reminded of one's own.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Verfremdungseffekt.

    2. The transfer of property to another person.

    3. The estrangement of people from aspects of their human nature as a consequence of the…

      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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at alienation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at alienation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at alienation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA