alienation

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

Instead of odes to the old cabin home in the mountains or the little church in the wildwood, Busby sang about the loneliness and alienation of life in the nation’s capital.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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

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

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

This trade held on for many years after the bishops became Protestants; and some of their names are still remembered with infamy, on account of enriching their families by such sacrilegious alienations.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 by Jonathan Swift

An edict of the king's had revoked all the graces and alienations of domains granted by his father.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 by Robert Black

Hence in dreams and alienations of the bodily senses divine revelations and foresight of future events are perceived the more clearly.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas