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Alienation

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Noun

1. alienation, disaffection, estrangement

the feeling of being alienated from other people

2. alienation, estrangement

separation resulting from hostility

3. alienation

(law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another

Example Sentences:
'the power of alienation is an essential ingredient of ownership'

4. alienation

the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly

Example Sentences:
'his behavior alienated the other students'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Alienation

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noun
1. 
a turning away; estrangement
2. 
the state of being an outsider or the feeling of being isolated, as from society
3. psychiatry
a state in which a person's feelings are inhibited so that eventually both the self and the external world seem unreal
4. law
a. 
the transfer of property, as by conveyance or will, into the ownership of another
b. 
the right of an owner to dispose of his or her property

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Alienation

see synonyms of alienation
noun
1. 
an alienating or being alienated; specif., estrangement or detachment
2. 
mental derangement; insanity

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Alienation

see synonyms of alienation
n.
1. The act of alienating or the condition of being alienated; estrangement: Alcoholism often leads to the alienation of family and friends.
2. Psychology See depersonalization.
3. Law The act of transferring property or title to it to another.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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