Associations to the word «Alienate»
Noun
- Alienation
- Affection
- Arrogance
- Moderate
- Chiang
- Populace
- Nationalist
- Allotment
- Supporter
- Marx
- Warlord
- Nobles
- Voter
- Sympathy
- Mainstream
- Capitalist
- Stance
- Faction
- Austerity
- Capitalism
- Fan
- Elite
- Resentment
- Whig
- Ally
- Clergy
- Hegel
- Hypocrisy
- Nobility
- Insisting
- Southerner
- Modernity
- Bureaucracy
- Reconciliation
- Conscription
- Islamist
- Listener
- Intellectual
- Regime
- Outsider
- Audience
- Aristocracy
- Unionist
- Refusal
- Bloc
- Marxist
- Cham
- Overly
- Repression
- Electorate
- Viewer
- Hostility
- Constituent
- Looting
- Fief
- Excess
- Rhetoric
- Inheritance
- Colleague
- Licence
- Restitution
- Protestant
- Liberal
- Catholic
Adjective
Wiktionary
ALIENATE, adjective. Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; with from.
ALIENATE, noun. (obsolete) A stranger; an alien.
ALIENATE, verb. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
ALIENATE, verb. To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to wean.
Dictionary definition
ALIENATE, verb. Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious".
ALIENATE, verb. Transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs".
ALIENATE, verb. Make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees".
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