estrangement
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Surveillance may be less of a concern in other families where divorce and estrangement aren’t part of the equation.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
This generation—the most surveilled in history because of hyper-involved parenting and cellphones—often struggles to achieve independence, says Joshua Coleman, a psychologist specializing in estrangement who led the “The Family Summit” conference in Chicago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Since the pandemic started, the number of social-media users discussing estrangement has exploded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
And online estrangement influencers don’t often address a viewer’s particular experience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The mutual distrust between the men who were just awakened and those who were ending a long night gave everyone a feeling of estrangement.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Vocabulary lists containing estrangement
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