alienation
noun
[ eɪlɪəˈneɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the state or experience of being alienated.
• "a sense of alienation from our environment"
Similar:
isolation,
detachment,
estrangement,
distance,
separation,
severance,
parting,
division,
divorce,
cutting off,
turning away,
withdrawal,
variance,
difference,
schism,
• the transfer of the ownership of property rights.
• "most leases contain restrictions against alienation"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin alienatio(n- ), from the verb alienare ‘estrange’, from alienus (see alien). The term alienation effect (1940s) is a translation of German Verfremdungseffekt .
