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Definition of Alienation

1. Noun. The feeling of being alienated from other people.

2. Noun. Separation resulting from hostility.

3. Noun. (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another. "The power of alienation is an essential ingredient of ownership"

4. Noun. The action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly. "His behavior alienated the other students"

Definition of Alienation

1. n. The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.

Definition of Alienation

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Medical Definition of Alienation

1. 1. The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated. 2. A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another. 3. A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections. "The alienation of his heart from the king." (Bacon) 4. Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind. Synonym: Insanity, lunacy, madness, derangement, aberration, mania, delirium, frenzy, dementia, monomania. See Insanity. Origin: F. Alienation, L. Alienatio, fr. Alienare, fr. Alienare. See Alienate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alienation

alidade alidades alidads alien alienabilities alienability alienability alienable alienage alienages

alienate alienated alienates alienating alienation (current term) alienation (current term) alienations alienation of affection alienator alienators

aliened alienee alienees aliener alieners alienia aliening alienism alienism alienisms

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