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alienated

[eyl-yuh-neyt, ey-lee-uh-]

verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.

to make indifferent or hostile: He has alienated his entire family.

to turn away; transfer or divert: to alienate funds from their intended purpose.

Law. to transfer or convey, as title, property, or other right, to another: to alienate lands.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin aliēnātus (past participle of aliēnāre), equivalent to aliēn(us) alien + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

al·ien·a·tor, noun

non·al·ien·at·ing, adjective

re·al·ien·ate, verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.

un·al·ien·at·ed, adjective

un·al·ien·at·ing, adjective

Synonyms
1. See estrange.

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Example Sentences

Psychology, a science born to heal the ills of alienated urban.

Some people will be alienated by who you really are, while others will find you appealing.

But his exceptionally brutal use of force has alienated those who had hoped to embrace him.

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Psychology, a science born to heal the ills of alienated urban.

Some people will be alienated by who you really are, while others will find you appealing.

But his exceptionally brutal use of force has alienated those who had hoped to embrace him.

Her aggressive pro-Untouchable policies had alienated her establishment allies.

The answer, it seems, it that people are alienated from an increasingly impersonal health care system.

We're in a science literacy crisis because people feel alienated from science.

Meanwhile, long, poorly formatted ads lead to a high rate of attrition by alienated viewers.

Saying that he is an unappologetic budget cutter who alienated his previous employer is more appropriate.

But voters have been alienated even more by the government's handling of the economy.

She became touchy and sarcastic, alienated friends and was soon fired from her job.

Einstein alienated so many professors that he was unable to earn a doctorate, much less land an academic job.

It has alienated me from studying trade skills in favor of religious and humanistic literature.

The less connected people are, the more ignorant of and alienated from politics they are likely to be.

His experiments have often alienated him from those around him.

But he also made a string of fanciful claims that alienated sceptics all the more.

But the large numbers of visitors have alienated many residents.

Burton, the self-professed alienated child of a dysfunctional family.

But this divided the party and alienated core supporters.

They warm up these alienated spaces with their own pleasure.

She also sees her estranged father, who alienated himself from his family with his violent temper.

In other countries such a huge gap in the middle would see the creation of a third party to represent the alienated majority.

His fanatical approach to religion alienated the people, and many of his subjects revolted.

But he also alienated himself from his own agency by.

That's not to say that he hasn't alienated a lot of voters, but he seems to know exactly what he needs to do to play the game.

But this church with powerful friends has alienated many neighbors.

Politics are alienated and baffled before this tremendous amount of economic indexes and indicators.

Cal's brother and mother, who cuts him off, both leave him feeling painfully alienated from his family.

Optimists hope that flood relief will give the government a chance to achieve reconciliation with this alienated minority.

With his professed disdain for intellectual things, he's energized and alienated the entire geek.

When people see each other only in silhouette, he said, they feel alienated.

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Word Origin & History

alienate

1540s, "make estranged" (in feelings or affections), from L. alienatus, pp. of alienare "to make another's, estrange," from alienus "of or belonging to another person or place," from alius "(an)other" (see alias).

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