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ESTRANGEMENT

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• ESTRANGEMENT (noun)
The noun ESTRANGEMENT has 2 senses:

1. separation resulting from hostility
2. the feeling of being alienated from other people

Familiarity information: ESTRANGEMENT used as a noun is rare.

• ESTRANGEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Separation resulting from hostility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

estrangement; alienation

Hypernyms ("estrangement" is a kind of...):

isolation (a state of separation between persons or groups)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The feeling of being alienated from other people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

alienation; disaffection; estrangement

Hypernyms ("estrangement" is a kind of...):

dislike (a feeling of aversion or antipathy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "estrangement"):

isolation (a feeling of being disliked and alone)

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(English proverb)
"Wait for the night before saying that the day has been beautiful"
(Breton proverb)
"Fire will burn itself out if it did not find anything to burn."
(Arabic proverb)
"Even fleas want to cough."
(Corsican proverb)

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