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estrangement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ɪsˈtɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/ (General-American)

Etymology

Old French estrangement. By surface analysis, estrange + -ment (“act, state”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.
    • The impeachment crisis is also a symptom of a country caught in a massive political estrangement that is tearing apart any sense of common patriotic purpose. It has exposed a political culture in which the facts – in this case, of the President’s actions – are no longer sacrosanct and that has been laced with a fog of misinformation by his allies. 2019 December 18, Stephen Collinson, “A grave day in history: Trump faces impeachment”, in CNN:
  2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being alien; foreign, non-native.

Forms

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Deriveds

cognitive estrangement

Relateds

estrange · estranged

Synonyms

breach

Translations (51)

nl vervreemding (the act of alienating) · mk оддалеченост (the state of being alien) · fr éloignement (the act of alienating) · de Entfremden (the act of alienating) · uk віддалення (the state of being alien) · de Entfremdung (the act of alienating) · es alienación (the state of being alien) · uk віддалення (the act of alienating) · de Verfremdung (the act of alienating) · uk розлучення (the state of being alien) · la aliēnātiō (the state of being alien) · es enajenamiento (the act of alienating) · it straniamento (the state of being alien) · ru отчужде́ние (the act of alienating) · es enajenación (the state of being alien) · ru разобщённость (the state of being alien) · he התנכרות (the act of alienating) · uk відчуження (the state of being alien) · ru отчуждённость (the state of being alien) · he ניכור (the state of being alien) · sh otuđenost (the act of alienating) · es enajenación (the act of alienating) · uk розлучення (the act of alienating) · es distanciamiento (the act of alienating) · sh otuđenost (the state of being alien) · es alejamiento (the act of alienating) · es alienación (the act of alienating) · uk розрив (the act of alienating) · hu elidegenítés (the act of alienating) · sh otuđenje (the state of being alien) · es desapego (the state of being alien) · hu elidegenülés (the state of being alien) · de Verfremdung (the state of being alien) · ru разры́в (the act of alienating) · pl separacja (the act of alienating) · ml അകൽച്ച (the state of being alien) · bg отчуждаване (the act of alienating) · ru отдале́ние (the state of being alien) · sh otuđenje (the act of alienating) · mk оддалечување (the act of alienating) · pl oziębienie stosunków (the state of being alien) · bg отчужденост (the state of being alien) · it straniamento (the act of alienating) · es enajenamiento (the state of being alien) · uk відчуження (the act of alienating) · de Entfremdung (the state of being alien) · mk отуѓување (the act of alienating) · ru отдале́ние (the act of alienating) · uk відчуженість (the state of being alien) · mk отуѓеност (the state of being alien) · fr éloignement (the state of being alien)