alienation
Example Sentences
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He posits that all the various forms of our modern alienation are connected, drawing throughlines that are both preposterous and incisive as he shows his work.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
The inquiry said this may have contributed to alienation and increased hesitancy.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
More than 80 years after he was created in Albert Camus’s 1942 novella “The Stranger,” Meursault is still the same chilling prophet of alienation, a walking caricature of emotionlessness who is nevertheless spellbinding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Stigma and alienation are unavoidable even in the most progressive quarters.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
It was 1996 and Brown had been reading Katherine Dunn’s strange, evocative novel Geek Love, talking about it in class, pointing out the enthusiastic alienation of its characters.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
Vocabulary lists containing alienation
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