estrangement

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/ɪsˈtɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/

Definition of estrangement

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noun

(countable, uncountable)The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.

“The impeachment crisis is also a symptom of a country caught in a massive political estrangement that is tearing apart any sense of common patriotic purpose. It has exposed a political culture in which the facts – in this case, of the President’s actions – are no longer sacrosanct and that has been laced with a fog of misinformation by his allies.”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.

“The impeachment crisis is also a symptom of a country caught in a massive political estrangement that is tearing apart any sense of common patriotic purpose. It has exposed a political culture in which the facts – in this case, of the President’s actions – are no longer sacrosanct and that has been laced with a fog of misinformation by his allies.”
(countable, uncountable)The state of being alien; foreign, non-native.

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Old French estrangement. By surface analysis, estrange + -ment (“act, state”).

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