alienation

It confounds an idea that the nation’s biggest cities, with their prosperity, opportunity, diversity, social tolerance, public services, and community institutions, are immune to the alienation and pessimism that Trump galvanized in “left-behind” rural areas eight years ago.

"Will they understand the pain and political alienation that tens of millions of Americans are experiencing?" he asked.

That mentality breeds paranoia, alienation, and fighting between people who otherwise would be fine to live peacefully as neighbors, even friends.

My mother, widowed but loyal to the lifestyle market as if it would protect her from the alienation of child rearing, was onto something.

This distrust highlighted the political alienation many feel, as respondents noted how the criminal justice system often fails marginalized communities and voiced their frustrations with its failures.