alienation (noun)

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• alienation — alienate ► VERB 1) cause to feel isolated. 2) lose the support or sympathy of. DERIVATIVES alienation noun. ORIGIN Latin alienare estrange , from alius other …   English terms dictionary

• alienation — I (estrangement) noun abhorrence, abomination, acrimony, alienatio, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, breach, break, deflection, disaffection, disfavor, disruption, division, enmity, execration, hostility, implacability,… …   Law dictionary

• alienation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ growing, increasing ▪ widespread ▪ cultural, political, social ▪ Such policies foster social alienation and discontent …   Collocations dictionary

• alienation — (n.) transfer of ownership, late 14c., from O.Fr. alienacion and directly from L. alienationem (nom. alienatio) a transfer, surrender, noun of action from pp. stem of alienare (see ALIENATE (Cf. alienate)). It also meant loss or derangement of… …   Etymology dictionary

• alienation — noun Date: 14th century 1. a withdrawing or separation of a person or a person s affections from an object or position of former attachment ; estrangement < alienation…from the values of one s society and family S. L. Halleck > 2. a conveyance of …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• alienation — noun a) The act of alienating. The alienation of that viewing demographic is a poor business decision. b) The state of being alienated. Syn: estrangement …   Wiktionary

• alienation clause — UK US noun [C] ► INSURANCE a statement in an insurance agreement saying that the agreement will stop if the insured asset is sold ► BANKING a statement in a loan agreement saying that the loan must be paid back if the asset for which the money… …   Financial and business terms

• alienation — noun (U) 1 the feeling of not being part of society or a group: the sense of alienation felt by many black people in our culture 2 separation from a person who you used to be friendly with …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• alienation — noun 1》 the state or experience of being alienated.     ↘Psychiatry a state of depersonalization or loss of identity in which the self seems unreal. 2》 Theatre an effect, sought by some dramatists, whereby the audience remains objective and does… …   English new terms dictionary

• alienation — noun Syn: isolation, detachment, estrangement, separation …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• alienation of affection — noun a tort based on willful and malicious interference with the marriage relation by a third party without justification or excuse • Hypernyms: ↑tort, ↑civil wrong * * * : the diversion of a person s affection from someone who has certain rights …   Useful english dictionary