Synonyms for alienation
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Estrangement
2. Madness
madness, insanity, derangement, mania, lunacy, distraction, dementia, aberration, craziness
3. Transference
transference, demise, transfer, disposition, conveyance, abalienation dated
Other
division, disruption, rupture, distance, difference, variance
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of alienating.
The alienation of that viewing demographic is a poor business decision.
- n. 2
The state of being alienated.
His alienation from his family means he has nowhere to go at Christmas.
- n. 3
Emotional isolation or dissociation, as from being separated from social connections or estranged from one's family or community; a feeling of being an outsider.
I didn't care about anything back then, not holidays or family or my career, I felt utter alienation from everything around me.
Related words
- Phrases
- coefficient of alienation
Forms
- Plural
- alienations → estrangements, disaffections, breaches, madnesses…
Example sentences
- madness Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.
- insanity Love is a temporary insanity curable by marriage.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| alienation | steady | |
| estrangement | steady | |
| disaffection | steady | |
| madness | rising | |
| insanity | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- mania3
- 6 letters
- breach1, demise2, lunacy3
- 7 letters
- madness2, rupture2
- 8 letters
- division3, distance2, transfer2, dementia4, insanity4, variance3
- 9 letters
- craziness3
- 10 letters
- difference3, disruption3, aberration4, conveyance3
- 11 letters
- distraction3, disposition4, derangement
- 12 letters
- transference3, estrangement3, disaffection4, abalienation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mania3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- aliénation
- Italiano
- alienazione
- Español
- alienación
- Deutsch
- Veräußerung