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alienator

alienator

1 8.7
A person who makes others unfriendly, distant, or hostile
  • noun
  • /ˈeɪliəˌneɪtər/
translation icon : alienador
  • As a well-known alienator, she often drives people away with her harsh comments.

Examples

  • The alienator successfully alienates the children.

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  • The alienator caused a rift between the friends, making them distant and unfriendly.

  • The alienators know this.

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  • "I have seen alienators consciously and deliberately fabricate on the witness stand and do so year after year.

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  • He might be the real alienator and perhaps fed up with the corruption that is the legal system. When a determined dad goes for custody, the mother reacted poorly but isn't a bad parent.

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  • Female alienators often have borderline personalities, marked by insecurity, neediness, a strong fear of abandonment, and chronic emptiness.

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  • His role as an alienator in the workplace led to a toxic environment full of hostility.

Synonyms

repeller
vsalienator
7.2

A person or thing that makes others feel strong dislike and avoid them

causes others to become unfriendly or hostile rather than just avoiding
repulser
vsalienator
9.3

A person or thing that keeps others away by causing fear

causes others to become unfriendly or distant rather than causing disgust

Antonyms

friend
∞ 1.0

A person you know well and like who is not family or a romantic partner

Surface Forms

alienator singular
alienators plural

Morphology

alienator = alienate (transparent) = alien + ate + or

Agentive formation from the verb 'alienate' to denote 'one who alienates', which is a regular and semantically clear derivation.

Etymology

Alienator comes from the part alien-, which means 'other' and is also in the words alien and alienate. To 'alienate' someone is to make them feel like an 'other' or push them away, so an alienator is a person who makes others distant or unfriendly.