"estrangement" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪsˈtɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-estrangement.wav [US] Forms: estrangements [plural]
Etymology: Old French estrangement. By surface analysis, estrange + -ment (“act, state”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|estrangement}} Old French estrangement, {{surf|+suf|en|estrange|ment|t2=act, state}} By surface analysis, estrange + -ment (“act, state”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} estrangement (countable and uncountable, plural estrangements)
  1. The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of alienating): отчуждаване (otčuždavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), vervreemding [masculine] (Dutch), éloignement [masculine] (French), Entfremden [neuter] (German), Entfremdung [feminine] (German), Verfremdung [feminine] (German), התנכרות [feminine] (Hebrew), elidegenítés (Hungarian), straniamento [masculine] (Italian), отуѓување (otuǵuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), оддалечување (oddalečuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), separacja [feminine] (Polish), отчужде́ние (otčuždénije) [neuter] (Russian), разры́в (razrýv) [masculine] (Russian), отдале́ние (otdalénije) [neuter] (Russian), otuđenost (Serbo-Croatian), otuđenje (Serbo-Croatian), distanciamiento [masculine] (Spanish), alejamiento [masculine] (Spanish), alienación [feminine] (Spanish), enajenación [feminine] (Spanish), enajenamiento [masculine] (Spanish), розрив (rozryv) (Ukrainian), розлучення (rozlučennja) (Ukrainian), відчуження (vidčužennja) (Ukrainian), віддалення (viddalennja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-estrangement-en-noun-vEfJsuHt Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ment Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'the act of alienating': 100 0
  2. The state of being alien; foreign, non-native. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the state of being alien): отчужденост (otčuždenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), éloignement [masculine] (French), Entfremdung [feminine] (German), Verfremdung [feminine] (German), ניכור [masculine] (Hebrew), elidegenülés (Hungarian), straniamento [masculine] (Italian), aliēnātiō [feminine] (Latin), отуѓеност (otuǵenost) [feminine] (Macedonian), оддалеченост (oddalečenost) [feminine] (Macedonian), അകൽച്ച (akalcca) (Malayalam), oziębienie stosunków [neuter] (Polish), отчуждённость (otčuždjónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), отдале́ние (otdalénije) [neuter] (Russian), разобщённость (razobščónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), otuđenost (Serbo-Croatian), otuđenje (Serbo-Croatian), alienación [feminine] (Spanish), enajenación [feminine] (Spanish), enajenamiento [masculine] (Spanish), desapego [masculine] (Spanish), відчуження (vidčužennja) (Ukrainian), відчуженість (vidčuženistʹ) (Ukrainian), віддалення (viddalennja) (Ukrainian), розлучення (rozlučennja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-estrangement-en-noun-0xRyIEq3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 45 55 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 9 88 0 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 93 0 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of 'the state of being alien': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: breach Derived forms: cognitive estrangement Related terms: estrange, estranged

Inflected forms

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      "word": "separacja"
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      "sense": "the state of being alien",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "the state of being alien",
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      "sense": "the state of being alien",
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      "word": "aliēnātiō"
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      "roman": "akalcca",
      "sense": "the state of being alien",
      "word": "അകൽച്ച"
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      "word": "oziębienie stosunków"
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      "word": "разобщённость"
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      "sense": "the state of being alien",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "the state of being alien",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "uk",
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}

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