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alienation

[ayl-yuh-nay-shuhn, ay-lee-uh-] / ˌeɪl jəˈneɪ ʃən, ˌeɪ li ə- /


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"There is no doubt in my mind," he said, that "alienation... had been creeping up."

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Feelings of alienation have long ebbed and flowed in Alberta, a traditionally conservative province, home to the world’s fourth-largest proven oil reserves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Now one of their own had become mayor, and some Jewish New Yorkers were experiencing a sense of alienation that she recognized.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

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

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

All the train of alienations, suspicions, earthly passions, which exist in our minds and are sure to issue in quarrels or bad blood, will be put down if we have 'salt in ourselves.'

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Alexander Maclaren

There are unkind words to be taken back, alienations to be healed, and heartburnings to be forgiven.

From Five Sermons by H. B. Whipple

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 Nehemiah Adams


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