alienation
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Written with clear compassion and boasting a robust performance by Lili Taylor, “I Shot Andy Warhol” portrays Solanas as a product of modern alienation.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026
Never mind the extreme elements of the support, regular fans - the vast, vast majority - feel a profound disconnection, an alienation from what is going on.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026
Tom is gripped by a sense of social as well as marital alienation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson evoke the small-bore unraveling of new parenthood in the boonies, with Lawrence in particular throwing her whole body into a creeping alienation from one’s spouse and oneself.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
Since many of my students are fifteen, and Zlata is fifteen and Anne Frank was fifteen when she died, I think the parallels between age, alienation, and teenage angst will really hit home for them.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
Vocabulary lists containing alienation
Tuesdays with Morrie
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