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alienated

alienated

6.8
Feeling alone and not part of a group or society
  • adjective
  • /ˈeɪliəˌneɪtɪd/
translation icon : alienado
  • Many teenagers feel alienated when they can't relate to their peers.

And we often live in societies that are alienated and alienating.

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Examples

  • People are tired of feeling disconnected and alienated and separate from others.

    Film Courage

  • A part of me had become alienated from myself.

    TED-Ed

  • I am, in a word, alienated from them.

  • Oh, yeah, I feel alienated in this class, Right?

  • A condition of both body and spirit that had really left me broken, alienated from my friends.

  • To be honest, I felt kind of alienated for a while before I settled back in.

    Edward Avila

  • You know, often transgender people are alienated from society.

  • And so as a result of that, the fear of being alienated by people you depend on is very frightening.

  • Well, both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are appealing to Americans who feel alienated and vulnerable.

  • That's CBSE wants to be the place in which people who have felt alienated or rejected elsewhere can find a home.

Synonyms

left out
vsalienated
119 3.6

Feeling sad because others do not include you

is broader describing lasting separation beyond a single event
isolated
vsalienated
78 4.2

Feeling separated from other people and having little contact

is more about feeling cut off emotionally from groups or society
out of place
vsalienated
63 3.5

Feeling uncomfortable because you do not belong in a place or situation

is about wider social isolation rather than situational awkwardness
estranged
vsalienated
40 6.7

No longer close or warm to someone you used to know well

is wider covering general separation from society or groups
detached
vsalienated
27 5.5

A person who is not affected by personal feelings and shows little emotion

is more about being separated or rejected by other people
out of it
vsalienated
  • Informal
19 7.2

Feeling left out of a group or activity

is more about long term separation from people and society
out in the cold
vsalienated
  • Informal
16 7.4

Left out by a group of people

is more an internal feeling of being cut off from people in general
disengaged
vsalienated
1 4.7

Not involved or interested in something and not paying attention

is more about being pushed away by others rather than self withdrawal

Antonyms

welcome
∞ 1.0

Pleasing and gladly accepted

connected
2.5

In a close relationship with other people or groups

included
1.0

Comes with something else in the same package

How Alienated

estranged
40 6.7
isolated
78 4.2
alienated
6.8
left out
119 3.6
out of place
63 3.5

Surface Forms

alienated positive

Morphology

alienated = alienate (transparent) = alien + ate + ed

Formed from the verb 'alienate' with the regular participial/adjectival suffix '-ed', yielding the expected meaning 'made to feel estranged'.

Etymology

Alienated comes from alien, from a Latin word that means 'other' or 'belonging to someone else'. Think of an alien as someone from another place, so to be alienated is to be 'made other' or cut off from others and feel alone.