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Alienation
ˌeɪliəˈneɪʃn
Alienation definitions
noun
alienation
- the state or experience of being alienated
"a sense of alienation from our environment"
isolation detachment estrangement distance separation severance parting division divorce cutting off turning away withdrawal- (in Marxist theory) a condition of workers in a capitalist economy, resulting from a lack of identity with the products of their labour and a sense of being controlled or exploited
- a state of depersonalization or loss of identity in which the self seems unreal, thought to be caused by difficulties in relating to society and the resulting prolonged inhibition of emotion
- an effect sought by some dramatists, whereby the audience remains objective and does not identify with the actors
- the transfer of the ownership of property rights
"most leases contain restrictions against alienation"