unbelonging

Examples

• All

• She often feels unbelonging in large groups.

• After moving to a new school, he often felt unbelonging among his classmates.

• The sense of unbelonging made her hesitant to join any clubs or activities.

• Many immigrants experience feelings of unbelonging when adapting to a different culture.

• I feel a sense of unbelonging.

• Many immigrants experience feelings of unbelonging when adapting to a different culture.

• The sense of unbelonging made her hesitant to join any clubs or activities.

Synonyms

A

alienation

vsunbelonging

30 7.4

Feeling of being alone and separate from other people

focuses more on feeling rejected and unaccepted within a community

A

alienness

vsunbelonging

1 8.1

A feeling of being strange or not belonging

means lack of acceptance and belonging, not just oddness or foreignness

O

outsiderness

vsunbelonging

1 7.7

Feeling separate from a group or community

emphasizes not feeling accepted emotionally rather than neutral separation

O

outsideness

vsunbelonging

7.9

Feeling not part of a group or community

focuses on lack of acceptance and belonging instead of mere exclusion

O

outness

vsunbelonging

9.6

A feeling of not being included in a group or activity

highlights inner sense of not fitting in rather than formal exclusion

U

unhomeliness

vsunbelonging

9.7

A feeling of not being at home or comfortable in a place

centres on social acceptance and being part rather than physical unease

P

pariahdom

vsunbelonging

9.9

Being rejected by most people and treated as an outsider

focuses on personal feeling of not being accepted rather than public exile

Antonyms

B

belonging

122 3.6

A feeling of being accepted and part of a group or close to others

How Included

belonging

122 3.6

accepted

1.3

alienated

6.8

unbelonging

8.7

unwelcome

45 4.3

exclusion

64 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology