to alienate
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6.7
- verb
- /ˈeɪliəˌneɪt/
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- Yeah, and that's going to eventually alienate the population.
- feel alienated
- alienate allies
- alienated from society
I don't wish to alienate people here
- I don't wish to alienate people here
- Don't let that person alienate you and run you out.
- And, and so as human beings, we might alienate ourselves.
- And I think that tends to alienate us as much as it does unify us.
- All they do is alienate people, but that's all they've ever done is alienate gay people, women.
- She may very easily alienate Japanese people in this regard.
- So the idea was, was to alienate me.
- But I think the other thing you do, you alienate a lot of people.
- And it's that pride that separates us, that alienates us.
- Hegel is going to say that the unlimited monarch is himself alienated.
- So I was really afraid of insulting them, offending them, alienating them.
- It's because under Gordon Brown from the top, they were scared to alienate communities or be called racists.
- I've loved the level I'm on, but I am insecure about, like, I do not want to alienate one single fan.
- You are going to alienate the audience that has lived with these stories for decades.
- And you alienate your base to have some sort of diversity, I don't know, cred.
Examples
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If you continue to ignore their concerns, you will only alienate your closest friends.
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- What? - It could alienate people whose support we need.
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You are going to alienate the audience that has lived with these stories for decades.
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You have managed to alienate most of the residents.
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"We needed to be clear on the law but did not want to alienate communities," she says.
Academic text (2011) -
Technology is a force that can either alienate users from one another or unite them.
Academic text (2008) -
I don't wish to alienate people here
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And I think that tends to alienate us as much as it does unify us.
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He alienated almost everyone who loved him in his life.
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I spoke with Eliza Ramirez, a freshman who said she feels alienated from her own home room.
Synonyms
256
4.2
To keep someone or something apart from others
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3.4
To force a person, animal, or feeling to go away
43
3.2
To stop other people from getting close to you emotionally
31
7.7
To leave someone out of a group on purpose
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5.6
Act in a way that makes other people avoid you
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5.1
Cause someone to feel strong dislike or disgust
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7.5
Make someone feel distant from family or friends
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8.3
To make someone stop feeling loyal to a leader or group
Antonyms
How Alienating
- US
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7.7
- Formal
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7.5
256
4.2
123
6.7
22
3.7
77
5.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Alienate comes from the Latin alienus, which means 'other' or 'foreign'. To alienate someone is to make them feel like an 'other', not part of the group, so it now means to push people away or make them feel isolated.