Alienation is a common theme of twentieth-century literature.
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Alienation
/ˌeɪli.əˈneɪʃən/
Synonyms for "alienation" (294 found)
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Closest matches (59)
Noun(5 words)
abalienationaberrationabnormalityabstractionabuliaagreement to disagreealonenessaloofnessamortizationamortizementanxietyanxiety equivalentanxiety stateapathyapostasyassignationassignmentautismautistic thinkingavoidance mechanism
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bargain and salebarterbequeathalblame-shiftingbrain damagebrainsicknessbrainwashingbreachbreach of friendshipbreakcatatonic stuporcelibacycessioncleavagecleftclouded mindcompensationcompulsionconfermentconferralconsignationconsignmentconveyanceconveyancingcorruptioncounter culturecounter-culturecounterindoctrinationcrazinessdaftnessdecompensationdeedingdefection
Adjective(1 words)
cultural isolation
Strong matches (88)
defense mechanismdejectiondeliverancedeliverydementednessdementiademisedepressionderangementdereismdereistic thinkingdetachmentdifferencedisaccorddisaffectiondisagreementdisapprobationdisapprovaldisarticulationdisassociation
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disconnectednessdisconnectiondiscontinuitydisengagementdisfavordisjointingdisjunctiondislocationdisorientationdisparitydisplacementdisposaldispositiondisruptiondissatisfactiondissensiondissentdissentiencedissidencedissociationdistractiondisuniondisunitydivergencediversitydividednessdivisiondivorcedivorcementdropping outeaseelationemotional insulationemotionalismenfeoffmentenmityescapeescape into fantasyescape mechanismescapismestrangementeuphoriaexchangefalling outfalling-outfantasizingfantasyflightfoliefolie du doute
Noun(17 words)
dehumanizationdetachmentdisaffectiondisassociation from groupdisconnected fromdisconnectingdisconnection from schooldisconnection from workdisconnectionsdispositionsdistancesestrangementsestrangingfamily alienationfamily disconnectionfamily riftfeelings of loneliness
Verb(1 words)
Related words (147)
Noun(10 words)
foreignnessisolationlabor estrangementleast communal environmentoutcastoutsider statuspeer isolationschool alienationshunssocial loneliness
furorgivinghypochondriahysteriahystericsincoherenceindifferenceindoctrinationinsanenessinsanityinsensibilityirrationalityisolationkeeping apartlease and releaselethargylonelinesslonenesslonesomenessloss of mind
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loss of reasonlunacyluxationmadnessmaniamelancholiamental deficiencymental derangementmental diseasemental disordermental distressmental disturbancemental illnessmental instabilitymental sicknessmind overthrownmindsicknessminority opinionmoving apartnegativismnonagreementnonassentnonconcurrencenonconformitynonconsentnonunionobsessionoddnessopen ruptureoppositionovercompensationpartingpartitionpathological indecisivenesspixilationpossessionpreoccupationprivacyprojectionpsychalgiapsychomotor disturbancepsychopathypsychotaxisqueernessrabidnessrationalizationreasonlessnessrecall of ambassadorsrecusancerecusancyreindoctrinationrejectionremovalrepudiationresistanceriftruffled feelingsrupturesaleschismsecessionseclusionseditionsegmentationsenselessnessseparatenessseparationseparatismsequestrationsettlementsettlingshattered mindsick mindsicknesssingle blessednesssociological adjustive reactionssolitarinesssolitudesplendid isolationsplitstrained relationsstrangenessstuporsubdivisionsublimationsubstitutionsubtractionsubversionsurrendertictradingtransfertransferencetransmissiontransmittaltwitchingunbalanceunbalanced mindundergroundunresponsivenessunsanenessunsound mindunsoundnessunsoundness of mindvariancevestingwish fulfillmentwish-fulfillment fantasywishful thinkingwithdrawalwitlessnesszoning
Adjective(4 words)
social disassociationsocial disconnectionsocial fragmentationsocial isolation
Determiner(1 words)
the distance
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
10 entriesactiondislikeeconomic conceptemotional stateisolationpsychological statesocial phenomenonsociology termtransfertransference
More specific
7 entriesalienation from processalienation from productcultural alienationfamily estrangementlabor alienationself alienationworkplace alienation
Collocations
6 entriesalienation from societyalienation from workcultural alienationemotional alienationlabor alienationself alienation
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
6 entriesTranslations
4 translations across 4 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 異化 /异化 noun (estrangement in Marxism)
German
1 entries- Entfremdung noun (estrangement in Marxism)
Italian
1 entries- alienazione noun (estrangement in Marxism)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tha hoá noun (estrangement in Marxism)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Alienation is the only thing I understand about Marxism.
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This is the final stage of alienation.
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Alienation from nature will one day become humanity's demise.
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