| 单词 | alienation |
| 释义 | alienation (once / 3607 pages) 1n 2n An easy way to experience alienation from your nice-smelling friends is to go a month without bathing. Alienation is a state of being cut off or separate from a person or group of people. The noun alienation describes the feeling that you're not part of a group. Your political views might cause you to feel a sense of alienation from the rest of your family, or your vegetarianism could result in alienation from your meat-eating friends. The Latin word for alien is alienus, "belonging to another." That idea of not belonging, or not fitting in, gave rise to the Latin verb alienare, "to estrange," which alienation comes from. WORD FAMILYalienation: alienations+/alienable: inalienable, unalienable/alienate: alienable, alienates, alienating, alienation, alienator/alienator: alienators/inalienable: inalienably/unalienable: unalienably USAGE EXAMPLESHer goal, she said, is to “bring people together” — including some of those whose sense of alienation is what attracted them to Trump. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) In The Implosion of Meaning in the Media, the philosopher Jean Baudrillard describes this kind of voter alienation as a tactic. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) This process of polarisation and mutual alienation culminated last Friday with Obama’s active connivance in the passing of a landmark UN security council resolution. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) 1 1n the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly Hyper action something done (usually as opposed to something said) 2n separation resulting from hostility Syn|Hyper estrangement isolation a state of separation between persons or groups 3n the feeling of being alienated from other people 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper disaffection, estrangement isolation a feeling of being disliked and alone dislike a feeling of aversion or antipathy n (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another the power of alienation is an essential ingredient of ownership Hyper transfer, transference transferring ownership |
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