alienation

Meanings

Plural: alienations

Noun

• the feeling of being alienated from other people
• separation resulting from hostility
• (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"
• the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly
• The act of alienating.
• The state of being alienated.
• Emotional isolation or dissociation.
• Verfremdungseffekt.
• The transfer of property to another person.
• The estrangement of people from aspects of their human nature as a consequence of the division of labour and living in a society of stratified social classes.

Synonyms

disaffection, estrangement