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Alienation

Alienation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Alienation? [n] the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly; "his behavior alienated the other students" [n] (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another; "the power of alienation is an essential ingredient of ownership" [n] the feeling of being alienated from other people [n] separation resulting from hostility Synonyms \| Synonyms for Alienation: disaffection \| estrangement \| estrangement Related Terms \| Find terms related to Alienation: abalienation \| aberration \| abnormality \| abstraction \| abulia \| agreement to disagree \| aloneness \| aloofness \| amortization \| amortizement \| anxiety \| anxiety equivalent \| anxiety state \| apathy \| apostasy \| assignation \| assignment \| autism \| autistic thinking \| avoidance mechanism \| bargain and sale \| barter \| bequeathal \| blame-shifting \| brain damage \| brainsickness \| brainwashing \| breach \| breach of friendship \| break \| catatonic stupor \| celibacy \| cession \| cleavage \| cleft \| clouded mind \| compensation \| compulsion \| conferment \| conferral \| consignation \| consignment \| conveyance \| conveyancing \| corruption \| counter-culture \| counterindoctrination \| craziness \| daftness \| decompensation \| deeding \| defense mechanism \| dejection \| deliverance \| delivery \| dementedness \| dementia \| demise \| depression \| derangement \| dereism \| dereistic thinking \| detachment \| difference \| disaccord \| disaffection \| disagreement \| disapprobation \| disapproval \| disarticulation \| disassociation \| disconnectedness \| disconnection \| discontinuity \| disengagement \| disfavor \| disjointing \| disjunction \| dislocation \| disorientation \| disparity \| displacement \| disposal \| disposition \| disruption \| dissatisfaction \| dissension \| dissent \| dissentience \| dissidence \| dissociation \| distraction \| disunion \| disunity \| divergence \| diversity \| dividedness \| division \| divorce \| divorcement \| dropping out \| elation \| emotional insulation \| emotionalism \| enfeoffment \| escape \| escape into fantasy \| escape mechanism \| escapism \| estrangement \| euphoria \| exchange \| falling-out \| fantasizing \| fantasy \| flight \| folie \| folie du doute \| furor \| giving \| hypochondria \| hysteria \| hysterics \| incoherence \| indifference \| indoctrination \| insaneness \| insanity \| insensibility \| irrationality \| isolation \| keeping apart \| lease and release \| lethargy \| loneliness \| loneness \| lonesomeness \| loss of mind \| loss of reason \| lunacy \| luxation \| madness \| mania \| melancholia \| mental deficiency \| mental derangement \| mental disease \| mental disorder \| mental distress \| mental disturbance \| mental illness \| mental instability \| mental sickness \| mind overthrown \| mindsickness \| minority opinion \| moving apart \| negativism \| nonagreement \| nonassent \| nonconcurrence \| nonconformity \| nonconsent \| obsession \| oddness \| open rupture \| opposition \| overcompensation \| parting \| partition \| pathological indecisiveness \| pixilation \| possession \| preoccupation \| privacy \| projection \| psychalgia \| psychomotor disturbance \| psychopathy \| psychotaxis \| queerness \| rabidness \| rationalization \| reasonlessness \| recall of ambassadors \| recusance \| recusancy \| reindoctrination \| rejection \| removal \| repudiation \| resistance \| rift \| ruffled feelings \| rupture \| sale \| schism \| secession \| seclusion \| segmentation \| senselessness \| separateness \| separation \| separatism \| sequestration \| settlement \| settling \| shattered mind \| sick mind \| sickness \| single blessedness \| sociological adjustive reactions \| solitariness \| solitude \| splendid isolation \| split \| strained relations \| strangeness \| stupor \| subdivision \| sublimation \| substitution \| subtraction \| subversion \| surrender \| tic \| trading \| transfer \| transference \| transmission \| transmittal \| twitching \| unbalance \| unbalanced mind \| underground \| unresponsiveness \| unsaneness \| unsound mind \| unsoundness \| unsoundness of mind \| variance \| vesting \| wishful thinking \| wish-fulfillment fantasy \| withdrawal \| witlessness \| zoning See Also \| action \| dislike \| isolation \| isolation \| transfer \| transference Alienation In Webster's Dictionary \Al`ien*a"tion\, n. [F. ali['e]nation, L. alienatio, fr. alienare, fr. alienare. See {Alienate}.] 1. The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated. 2. (Law) A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another. 3. A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections. The alienation of his heart from the king. --Bacon. 4. Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind. Syn: Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; delirium; frenzy; dementia; monomania. See {Insanity}.

Alienation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Alienation?

[n] the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly; "his behavior alienated the other students"
[n] (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another; "the power of alienation is an essential ingredient of ownership"
[n] the feeling of being alienated from other people
[n] separation resulting from hostility

Synonyms | Synonyms for Alienation: disaffection | estrangement | estrangement

Alienation In Webster's Dictionary

\Al`ien*a"tion\, n. [F. ali['e]nation, L. alienatio,
fr. alienare, fr. alienare. See {Alienate}.]
1. The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.

2. (Law) A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of
   property to another.

3. A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections.

         The alienation of his heart from the king. --Bacon.

4. Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties;
   insanity; as, alienation of mind.

Syn: Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; aberration;
     mania; delirium; frenzy; dementia; monomania. See
     {Insanity}.

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