alienation
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Tom is gripped by a sense of social as well as marital alienation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 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 what we can do is call attention to the forms of nonviolent resistance that challenge our prevalent culture of rage and alienation.
From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025
Barrister Charlotte Proudman, who represented the woman, suggested that the litigation was "one of the worst parental alienation cases".
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025
These studies indicate that the biggest problem the black community may face today is not “shamelessness” but rather the severe isolation, distrust, and alienation created by mass incarceration.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing alienation
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