alienation
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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
She says she connected with Eminem's work early on - especially the feeling of being out of step with the world around you and turning that alienation into music.
From BBC ● May 15, 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
That is until Stewart purchased a fuzz box for Richards a few days later, which gave the tune a raunchier sound that perfectly matched Jagger’s lyrics of frustration and alienation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
So thoroughly had Theresa prepared herself for alienation, that she was taken aback by the familiarity of Ralph — that bottlebrush hair, those stuck-on ears.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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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
This is probably an allusion to the frequent alienations of the lands and manors of bishoprics in Elizabeth's time.
From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Edmund Spenser
Will you say that the alienations made before the 11th of Elizabeth shall not stand good?
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
They give expression to the sense of disorder, insecurity, and distress, which we learn from other sources accompanied these forced divisions and alienations of land.
From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by W. Y. Sellar
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