alienation
[ eyl-yuh-ney-shuh n, ey-lee-uh- ]
/ ˌeɪl yəˈneɪ ʃən, ˌeɪ li ə- /
noun
the act of alienating, or of causing someone to become indifferent or hostile: The advocacy group fights against prejudice and social alienation of immigrants.
the state of being alienated, withdrawn, or isolated from the objective world, as through indifference or disaffection: the group's alienation from mainstream society.
the act of turning away, transferring, or diverting: the alienation of land and resources from African peoples.
Law.
a transfer of the title to property by one person to another; conveyance.
Statistics.
the lack of correlation in the variation of two measurable variates over a population.
Origin of alienation
OTHER WORDS FROM alienation
al·ien·a·tive, adjective non·al·ien·a·tion, noun re·al·ien·a·tion, nounWords nearby alienation
alien,
alien and sedition acts,
alienable,
alienage,
alienate,
alienation,
alienation of affections,
alienee,
alieni generis,
alieni juris,
alienia
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British Dictionary definitions for alienation
alienation
/ (ˌeɪljəˈneɪʃən, ˌeɪlɪə-) /
noun
a turning away; estrangement
the state of being an outsider or the feeling of being isolated, as from society
psychiatry
a state in which a person's feelings are inhibited so that eventually both the self and the external world seem unreal
law
- the transfer of property, as by conveyance or will, into the ownership of another
- the right of an owner to dispose of his property
Medical definitions for alienation
alienation
[ āl′yə-nā′shən, ā′lē-ə- ]
n.
A state of estrangement between the self and the objective world or between different parts of the personality.
Cultural definitions for alienation
alienation
[ (ay-lee-uh-nay-shuhn) ]
A feeling of separation or isolation. In social science, alienation is associated with the problems caused by rapid social change, such as industrialization and urbanization (see Industrial Revolution), which has broken down traditional relationships among individuals and groups and the goods and services they produce.
notes for alienation
Alienation is most often associated with minorities, the poor, the unemployed, and other groups who have limited power to bring about changes in society.
notes for alienation
Marxism holds that workers in capitalist nations are alienated because they have no claim to ownership of the products they make.