Alienation

//ˌeɪli.əˈneɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of alienating. uncountable, usually

    "The alienation of that viewing demographic is a poor business decision."

  2. 2
    the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being alienated. uncountable, usually

    "I refer to the state of our divisions and alienations of spirit on account of religion."

  4. 4
    (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another wordnet
  5. 5
    Emotional isolation or dissociation. uncountable, usually

    "But these domestic alienations are not confined to those who once moved in the higher orders of society--the monthly registers announce almost as many divorces as marriages, and the facility of separation has rendered the one little more than a licentious compact, which the other is considered as a means of dissolving."

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  1. 6
    the feeling of being alienated from other people wordnet
  2. 7
    Verfremdungseffekt. uncountable, usually
  3. 8
    separation resulting from hostility wordnet
  4. 9
    The transfer of property to another person. uncountable, usually

    "The most usual and universal method of acquiring a title to real estates is that of alienation, conveyance, or purchase in it's limited sense: under which may be comprized any method wherein estates are voluntarily resigned by one man, and accepted by another; whether that be effected by sale, gift, marriage settlement, devise, or other transmission of property by the mutual consent of the parties."

  5. 10
    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. Marxism, uncountable, usually

Etymology

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

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