alienation — the state or experience of being isolated or estranged from a group or an activity to which one should belong or in which one should be involved
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: the state or experience of being isolated or estranged from a group or an activity to which one should belong or in which one should be involved
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˌeɪliəˈneɪʃən/
Korean meaning: 소외, 격리, 멀어짐
Korean pronunciation: 에일리어**네이**션
Example Sentences
- After working from home for two years, Jake felt a growing sense of alienation from his coworkers who still gathered at the office coffee machine.
- The teenager's alienation from his family reached its peak when they discovered he had been secretly learning alien languages to join a UFO cult.
- The new employee's alienation was so complete that even the office plant seemed to turn away from her.
alienation
NOUN//ˌeɪliəˈneɪʃən//
the state or experience of being isolated or estranged from a group or an activity to which one should belong or in which one should be involved
the state or experience of being isolated or estranged from a group or an activity to which one should belong or in which one should be involved
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라틴어 'alienus(남의, 이방인의)'에서 나온 단어로, 원래는 '다른 사람의 것으로 만들다'라는 의미였습니다. 시간이 지나면서 '멀어지게 하다, 소외시키다'는 심리적 의미로 확장되었습니다.
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“After working from home for two years, Jake felt a growing sense of alienation from his coworkers who still gathered at the office coffee machine.”
“The teenager's alienation from his family reached its peak when they discovered he had been secretly learning alien languages to join a UFO cult.”
“The new employee's alienation was so complete that even the office plant seemed to turn away from her.”
“Marx wrote extensively about the alienation of workers from their labor in capitalist societies.”
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