Estrangement - English meaning

noun

The state or experience of being alienated.

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A sense of alienation from our environment

noun

The feeling that you have no connection with the people around you or that you are not part of a group

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Depressed people frequently feel a sense of alienation from those around them.

noun

The act of making someone stop supporting and agreeing with you

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This short-sighted alienation of their own supporters may lose them the election.

noun

Active hostility or opposition.

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The antagonism between them

noun

Strong dislike or opposition, or a particular example of it

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[ u ] the attorney accused the witness of antagonism toward his client.

noun

Hate, extreme unfriendliness, or active opposition to someone

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There's a history of antagonism between the two teams., the antagonism towards neighbouring states,…

noun

A deep-seated feeling of aversion.

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His fundamental antipathy to capitalism

noun

Strong dislike or opposition

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His letters show a deep and intense antipathy toward workers.

noun

A feeling of strong dislike, opposition, or anger

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Despite the deep antipathies between them, the two sides have managed to negotiate an agreement., d…

noun

A point or way in which people or things are dissimilar.

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The differences between men and women

verb

Alter (a coat of arms) to distinguish members or branches of a family.

noun

The way in which two things being compared are not the same, or the fact of not being the same

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[ c ] we try to teach the kids the difference between right and wrong., [ c ] we’d like better seat…

noun

A state or feeling of being dissatisfied, especially with people in authority or a system of control.

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There is growing disaffection with large corporations

noun

The quality of no longer supporting or being satisfied with a system, organization, or idea

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A growing disaffection with the country's political leaders, poverty clearly causes disaffection an…

noun

The length of the space between two points.

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I cycled the short distance home

verb

Make (someone or something) far off or remote in position or nature.

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Her mother wished to distance her from the rough village children

noun

The amount of space between two places or things

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[ c ] the distance from san francisco to los angeles is about 400 miles., from a distance, he looks…

noun

Disagreement and conflict within a group.

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The disunity among opposition parties

noun

A situation in which people disagree so much that they can no longer work together effectively

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It was all part of our enemies' plans to sow disunity in our society., all that talk of disunity an…

noun

The action of separating something into parts or the process of being separated.

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The division of the land into small fields

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The separation of something into parts or groups, or one of the parts or groups that has been separated

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[ u ] the division of responsibilities among the officers of the company was spelled out in detail.…

noun

One of the main separate parts that a company, or group of companies, is divided into

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The year-on-year profit figure for the division fell by 36%., investment/services/international div…

noun

The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body.

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Her divorce from her first husband

verb

Legally dissolve one's marriage with (someone).

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She divorced him in 1965

noun

A divorced person.

noun

Hostile behaviour; unfriendliness or opposition.

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Their hostility to all outsiders

noun

An occasion when someone is unfriendly or shows that they do not like something

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They showed open (= obvious) hostility to/towards their new neighbours., hostilities began/broke ou…

noun

The process or fact of isolating or being isolated.

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Isolation from family and friends may also contribute to anxiety

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The condition of being separated from other people, towns, countries, etc.

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Geographic/rural/social isolation

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The action of leaving or being separated from someone.

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They exchanged a few words on parting

verb

(of two things) move away from each other.

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His lips parted in a smile

noun

The act of leaving or of moving apart

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[ c ] it was a sad parting, because we knew it was the last time we would see each other., she gave…

noun

The action or state of moving or being moved apart.

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The damage that might arise from the separation of parents and children

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The quality or fact of being unfriendly

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He was received with suspicion and unfriendliness., he had shown incompetence, unfriendliness, and …

noun

The fact or quality of being different, divergent, or inconsistent.

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Her light tone was at variance with her sudden trembling