after years of alienation from her family, she became reconciled with them when her father fell ill
Recent Examples on the WebThe flip side of wide-scale student loan forgiveness is the potential alienation of independent and moderate voters. Zack Friedman, Forbes, 7 June 2022 Henry Creel's story itself gestures to a very dark outcome of social alienation; his rampage through the lab is hard not to read against the backdrop of school shootings. Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 29 May 2022 And the result of responding with super aggressive policing was the complete alienation of a whole generation of young Black and brown folks who ultimately burned out whole neighborhoods of an American city. Cnn Opinion Staff, CNN, 28 Apr. 2022 In Hickeyland, painters, singers, wrestlers, and magicians develop from a primordial woundedness—from a profound alienation from the world, which their art doesn’t necessarily heal but seeks to address. Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books, 8 June 2022 In the context of news about shootings, McAdams said that this reaction could lead to feelings of alienation, disengagement, and cynicism, as well as a reduced sense of belonging in American society. Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, 1 June 2022 All this attention to people is meant to emphasize the narrator’s alienation from others, not her connection to them.Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021 In fiction, some authors find inventive ways to highlight the alienation frequently found in the contemporary office. Elise Hannum, The Atlantic, 15 July 2022 Indeed, nothing is sacred in the ruthless American game of self-dramatization, not even the racial alienation experienced by Powell, the sole Black cast member.Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English alienacioun "transference of property rights, derangement, estrangement," borrowed from Anglo-French alienaciun, alienation, borrowed from Latin aliēnātiōn-, aliēnātiō "transference of ownership, estrangement, hostility" (mentis aliēnātiō "mental derangement, insanity"), from aliēnāre "to transfer (goods, property) to another, render hostile, estrange" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at alienate