alienation

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

She says she connected with Eminem's work early on - especially the feeling of being out of step with the world around you and turning that alienation into music.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

“Kafkaesque” suggests that translation is the quintessential medium for a body of work obsessed with alienation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

The anonymity and alienation of big-city life makes people hard and unfeeling.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

This is probably an allusion to the frequent alienations of the lands and manors of bishoprics in Elizabeth's time.

From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Spenser, Edmund

I refer to the state of our divisions and alienations of spirit on account of religion.

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman

Instead of the spirit of the Gospel in our dwellings, alienations, suspicion, jealousy, wrangling, strife, and every form of evil would prevail.

From The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) by Adams, Nehemiah