Alienation is a common theme of twentieth-century literature.
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Alienation
//ˌeɪli.əˈneɪʃən//
Synonyms for "alienation" (261 found)
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Closest matches (53)
estrangementabalienationaberrationabnormalityabstractionabuliaagreement to disagreealonenessaloofnessamortizationamortizementanxietyanxiety equivalentanxiety stateapathyapostasyassignationassignmentautismautistic thinking
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avoidance mechanismbargain and salebarterbequeathalblame-shiftingbrain damagebrainsicknessbrainwashingbreachbreach of friendshipbreakcatatonic stuporcelibacycessioncleavagecleftclouded mindcompensationcompulsionconfermentconferralconsignationconsignmentconveyanceconveyancingcorruptioncounter culturecounter-culturecounterindoctrinationcrazinessdaftnessdecompensation
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (78)
deedingdefectiondefense mechanismdejectiondeliverancedeliverydementednessdementiademisedepressionderangementdereismdereistic thinkingdetachmentdifferencedisaccorddisaffectiondisagreementdisapprobationdisapproval
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disarticulationdisassociationdisconnectednessdisconnectiondiscontinuitydisengagementdisfavordisjointingdisjunctiondislocationdisorientationdisparitydisplacementdisposaldispositiondisruptiondissatisfactiondissensiondissentdissentiencedissidencedissociationdistractiondisuniondisunitydivergencediversitydividednessdivisiondivorcedivorcementdropping outeaseelationemotional insulationemotionalismenfeoffmentenmityescapeescape into fantasyescape mechanismescapismeuphoriaexchangefalling outfalling-outfantasizingfantasyflightfoliefolie du doutefurorgivinghypochondriahysteria
Noun(3 words)
Related words (130)
hystericsincoherenceindifferenceindoctrinationinsanenessinsanityinsensibilityirrationalityisolationkeeping apartlease and releaselethargylonelinesslonenesslonesomenessloss of mindloss of reasonlunacyluxationmadness
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maniamelancholiamental 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
Noun(2 words)
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83 translations across 26 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- отчуждаване noun (the act of alienating)
- отчужде́ние noun (the state of being alienated)
Catalan
3 entries- alienació noun (the act of alienating)
- alienació noun (the state of being alienated)
- alienació noun (emotional isolation or dissociation)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 異化 /异化 noun (estrangement in Marxism)
- 疏離 /疏离 noun (the act of alienating)
Czech
1 entries- odcizení noun (the state of being alienated)
Dutch
4 entries- vervreemd noun (the state of being alienated)
- vervreemden noun (the act of alienating)
- vervreemding noun (emotional isolation or dissociation)
- vervreemding noun (transferal of property)
Faroese
1 entries- avhending noun (the act of alienating)
Finnish
3 entries- vieraannuttaminen noun (the act of alienating)
- vieraantuminen noun (the state of being alienated)
- vieraantuminen noun (emotional isolation or dissociation)
French
4 entries- aliénation noun (the act of alienating)
- aliénation noun (the state of being alienated)
- aliénation noun (emotional isolation or dissociation)
- aliénation noun (transferal of property)
German
3 entries- Entfremdung noun (the act of alienating)
- Entfremdung noun (estrangement in Marxism)
- Veräußerung noun (transferal of property)
Icelandic
1 entries- firring noun (emotional isolation or dissociation)
Indonesian
4 entries- alienasi noun (the act of alienating)
- alienasi noun (the state of being alienated)
- keterasingan noun (the state of being alienated)
- pengasingan noun (the act of alienating)
Italian
4 entries- alienazione noun (the act of alienating)
- alienazione noun (the state of being alienated)
- alienazione noun (transferal of property)
- alienazione noun (estrangement in Marxism)
Latin
1 entries- aliēnātiō noun (the act of alienating)
Macedonian
3 entries- отуѓеност noun (the state of being alienated)
- отуѓеност noun (emotional isolation or dissociation)
- отуѓување noun (the act of alienating)
Malay
2 entries- pengasingan noun (transferal of property)
- penyisihan noun (transferal of property)
Maltese
1 entries- tbarrija noun (the act of alienating)
Old English
1 entries- āfremdung noun (the act of alienating)
Polish
4 entries- alienacja noun (the act of alienating)
- alienacja noun (the state of being alienated)
- alienacja noun (transferal of property)
- wyobcowanie noun (the state of being alienated)
Portuguese
4 entries- alheamento noun (the act of alienating)
- alienação noun (the act of alienating)
- alienação noun (the state of being alienated)
- alienação noun (emotional isolation or dissociation)
Russian
4 entries- отдале́ние noun (the act of alienating)
- отчужде́ние noun (the act of alienating)
- отчужде́ние noun (the state of being alienated)
- отчужде́ние noun (emotional isolation or dissociation)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- alijenácija noun (the act of alienating)
- alijenácija noun (the state of being alienated)
- alijenácija noun (emotional isolation or dissociation)
- алијена́ција noun (the act of alienating)
Spanish
4 entries- alienación noun (the act of alienating)
- alienación noun (the state of being alienated)
- alienación noun (emotional isolation or dissociation)
- enajenación noun (transferal of property)
Tatar
2 entries- читләшү noun (the act of alienating)
- ят итү noun (the act of alienating)
Turkish
2 entries- yabancılaşma noun (the state of being alienated)
- yabancılaşma noun (emotional isolation or dissociation)
Ukrainian
4 entries- божевілля noun (emotional isolation or dissociation)
- віддалення noun (the act of alienating)
- віддалення noun (the state of being alienated)
- віддалення noun (emotional isolation or dissociation)
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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