alienation
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- The act of alienating.
- The state of being alienated.
- Emotional isolation or dissociation.
- Verfremdungseffekt.
- The transfer of property to another person.
- The estrangement of people from aspects of their human nature as a consequence of the division of labour and living in a society of stratified social classes.
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