alienation

Such is his alienation that, when recently asked whether he considered his home to be in the U.S. or the U.K., he replied “neither.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Vladimir Tikhonov, Korean Studies professor at the University of Oslo, told AFP Guryong "symbolises the alienation of the urban poor from the mainstream of South Korean society".

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Arnold put an ocean between himself and his family, but his alienation from his past has drained all the color from his life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

He posits that all the various forms of our modern alienation are connected, drawing throughlines that are both preposterous and incisive as he shows his work.

From Salon ● May 22, 2026

He speaks of the alienation of youth and the need for “connectedness” with the society around me.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom

Events of every description, changes, alienations, removals, – all, all must be comprised in it; and oblivion of the past – how natural, how certain too!

From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2021

John David Washington’s performance in BlacKkKlansman is impressive but the film’s quasi-Brechtian alienations and comic cartoonery arguably mean that it is more difficult to engage with his character emotionally.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 2019

Thus far, both as lover and husband, in all their alienations, Hartley had been the first to yield; and it was so now.

From After the Storm by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

These miserable habits of tale-bearing and meddling, of backbiting and whispering, are the source of the greater part of the quarrellings, alienations, jealousies, and divisions in families.

From Talkers With Illustrations by John Bate

Between father and son, said Mencius, there should be no reproving admonitions to what is good, because these lead to such alienations.

From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Arthur H. Smith