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The feeling of being alienated from other people
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estrangement
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Estrangement may refer to: Estrangement effect , a performing arts concept coined by playwright Bertolt Brecht Family estrangement , the physical or emotional distancing between at least two family members Self-estrangement , an idea by Karl Marx where ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. separation resulting from hostility [syn: alienation ] the feeling of being alienated from other people [syn: alienation , disaffection ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, from estrange + -ment .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of estranging; the act of alienate; alienation. 2 The state of being alien; foreign, non-native.
Usage examples of estrangement.
Because of an estrangement of the priesthood from the king, however, the monarchy was severely weakened, and it was unable to withstand the rising power of Achaemenid Iran.
The estrangement if not hostility between the East and the West, represented here by the LaMutian barons on one side and by these two court barons on the other, was not going to be mended here, but it would be ignored for the time being, at least publicly.
But the facts pointed to an opposite outcome: a precipitous transfer off the Feynman along with a demotion in stature, if not rank, and the subsequent twenty-year estrangement of old friends.
And besides, I wish to hear as much and as often of Ada as I can in this condition of estrangement from poor Rick.
What the grotesques really need is each other, but their estrangement is so extreme they cannot establish direct ties--they can only hope for connection through George Willard.
He let her talk at length of her distress at the estrangements in her family, the guilt she felt for disliking some of her descendants and resenting their attitudes.
All felt estranged from their lighter-boned distant relations, blamed the lightweights - at least in part - for that estrangement, and resented any suggestion that their larger size and heavier build implied less sensitivity or intelligence.
For more than sixty miles, he alternates between despair at the estrangement which is the primary quality of his existence and joy at the prospect of reclaiming his destiny.
When he closed his eyes he saw the face of the bird-maiden, her mouth as magical as Solomon's seal and her hair blacker than the night of estrangement after his own love-despair.
In the months of her abduction, his accursed, scheming wiles had orchestrated her estrangement.