alienation
Example Sentences
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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
Stigma and alienation are unavoidable even in the most progressive quarters.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
“The result: alienation of loyal customers, mounting competitive pressures, and a biz in clear decline,” he wrote.
From Barron's • Dec. 13, 2025
But while the sense of alienation and frustration at the steady vanishing of opportunity may be more intense here, it is felt elsewhere too.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025
With his family, the boy has the intense pleasure of intimacy, the family’s consolation in feeling public alienation.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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