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Meanings of alienation in English

Portuguese
alienação
Catalan
alienació

The feeling of being alienated from other people.

        alienação
        Russian
        отчуждение
        Portuguese
        fiduciária
        Spanish
        enajenación

        Capacity for a piece of property or a property right to be sold or transferred from one party to another.

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            отчуждение

            Capacity for a legal right to be sold or otherwise transferred between persons.

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                  Usage of alienation in English
                  1
                  The greatest problem for our children and young people today is alienation.
                  The Irish Times
                  2
                  It did not work: far from dissolving, his sense of alienation deepened.
                  Career of Evil
                  3
                  As a result, Ahmed Husseini speaks of a deep alienation from society.
                  The Guardian
                  4
                  Or could it be that technology created its own form of alienation?
                  Time After Time
                  5
                  How and why the world's diverse political institutions came to be, alienation.
                  Radio NZ
                  6
                  Adriana was surprised to find that her alienation had followed her home.
                  Eros, philia, agape
                  7
                  He discusses his sexuality and gender-identity issues, his political conscience and alienation.
                  The Guardian
                  8
                  Besides this personal desire there was in her brain a strange alienation.
                  Evelyn Innes
                  9
                  Unite has been warning about working-class alienation from politics all this century.
                  The Guardian
                  10
                  Not that Morley is happy about his generation's alienation from electoral politics.
                  The Guardian
                  11
                  Because this is systemic alienation of land, so where do they go?
                  Radio NZ
                  12
                  The use being limited, possession with power of alienation cannot be intended.
                  The Eustace Diamonds
                  13
                  It is a performance of real strangeness, alienation, wit and unreadable charm.
                  The Guardian
                  14
                  A beautiful beginning is now soured by alienation, betrayal, distrust and murder.
                  Radio NZ
                  15
                  My feeling of alienation from the Covenant while under the drug's influence.
                  A Time of Changes
                  16
                  Our alienation from other creatures allows us to treat them as objects.
                  The animal manifesto: six reasons for expanding our compassion f...
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                  Alienation through the time
                  Alienation across language varieties
                  Ireland
                  Common
                  United Kingdom
                  Common
                  United States of America
                  Less common