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n
noun
1.
the act of alienating.
2.
the state of being alienated.
3.
Law. a transfer of the title to property by one person to another; conveyance.
4.
the state of being withdrawn or isolated from the objective world, as through indifference or disaffection.
5.
Statistics. the lack of correlation in the variation of two measurable variates over a population.
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Alienation
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Example Sentences
- The one-time promoter of flash mobs is once again waging battle against digital alienation.
- There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.
- At 49, she impulsively returns on a visit and slowly reveals the root of her alienation.
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Word Origin & History
alienation
"transfer of ownership," late 14c., from M.Fr. alienacion, from L. alienationem (nom. alienatio), noun of action from alienare (see alienate). It also meant "loss or derangement of mental faculties, insanity" (late 15c.), hence alienist. Phrase
EXPANDalienation of affection as a U.S. legal term in divorce cases for "falling in love with someone else" dates to 1861.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
alienation al·ien·a·tion (āl'yə-nā'shən, ā'lē-ə-)
n.
A state of estrangement between the self and the objective world or between different parts of the personality.
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Cultural Dictionary
alienation [(ay-lee-uh-nay-shuhn)]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.
Note: Alienation is most often associated with minorities, the poor, the unemployed, and other groups who have limited power to bring about changes in society.
Note: Marxism holds that workers in capitalist nations are alienated because they have no claim to ownership of the products they make.
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