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Thesaurus: estrangement

noun

  1. The act of estranging or the condition of being estranged: alienation, disaffection. See love/hatred.
  2. An interruption in friendly relations: alienation, breach, break, disaffection, fissure, rent2, rift, rupture, schism, split. See assemble/disassemble, help/harm/harmless.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: separation resulting from hostility
  Synonym: alienation

Meaning #2: the feeling of being alienated from other people
  Synonyms: alienation, disaffection


 
 
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