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alienation

[eyl-yuh-ney-shuhn, ey-lee-uh-] / ˌeɪl jəˈneɪ ʃən, ˌeɪ li ə- /


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Vladimir Tikhonov, Korean Studies professor at the University of Oslo, told AFP Guryong "symbolises the alienation of the urban poor from the mainstream of South Korean society".

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

The conception of the role, marked by a dim view of stardom’s suffocating alienation, was something Jolie clearly understood.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

Yet despite its blind spots the book is a step toward an embrace of fathers at a moment when boys and men struggle with hostility and alienation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Written with clear compassion and boasting a robust performance by Lili Taylor, “I Shot Andy Warhol” portrays Solanas as a product of modern alienation.

From Salon Apr. 29, 2026

This was the turning point, they say, where Sapiens cast off its intimate symbiosis with nature and sprinted towards greed and alienation.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Events of every description, changes, alienations, removals, – all, all must be comprised in it; and oblivion of the past – how natural, how certain too!

From Slate Feb. 13, 2021

John David Washington’s performance in BlacKkKlansman is impressive but the film’s quasi-Brechtian alienations and comic cartoonery arguably mean that it is more difficult to engage with his character emotionally.

From The Guardian Jan. 4, 2019

The purchasers under these alienations had occasion for labourers; and these would be free servants in respect of such employers, though in villenage to their original lord.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam

The Formula of Concord was the cause of the most bitter controversies, dissensions, and alienations.

From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente

What, the alienations and jealousies, the discords and contentions, and the causes of them?

From The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) by Various




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