alienated
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Divorce, marriage, kids, no kids; so many of the men in McCarthy’s orbit feel alienated, adrift, untethered to any community.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Some speculate that its ambiguous ending alienated audiences, although both viewers and critics seem to have liked the movie overall.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026
Over time, as people are uprooted from their agricultural communities as industrialisation tears apart people's familiar attachments, individuals become "alienated", he says.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
He argued that modern life alienated human beings from their nature.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
More and more he was becoming alienated from the Worldwide Church of God.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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