Synonyms of alienation

alienation

noun

ˌā-lē-ə-ˈnā-shən 

as in estrangement

the loss of friendship or affection

after years of alienation from her family, she became reconciled with them when her father fell ill

Synonyms & Similar Words

• estrangement
• disaffection
• divorce
• schism
• breakup
• separation
• hostility
• rift
• souring
• disgruntlement
• antagonism
• split
• bitterness
• rupture
• animosity
• embitterment
• disillusionment
• antipathy
• indignation
• disenchantment
• breach
• outrage
• rancor
• wrath
• jaundice
• ire
• aggravation
• rage
• fury
• spleen
• infuriation
• envenoming
• furor
• incensing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reconciliation
• reconcilement
• endearment
• conciliation
• pacification
• ingratiation
• appeasement
• propitiation
• mollification

Examples of alienation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Wandering through the winding streets and mildewing apartments of the medieval Tuscan city, Leonardo becomes the quintessential teenage romantic, both bursting with youthful promise and corroding from adolescent alienation. —Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2024

In the annals of movies about suburban alienation and/or ones that build to iconic train station farewells, never has there been a tearjerker quite so potent. —Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024

Understanding that adult emotions have no place in the mind or heart of a child is truly the only way in which to prevent and stop parental alienation. —Aron Solomon, Newsweek, 10 July 2024

Gao began writing philosophical texts on the Marxist concept of alienation for a literary journal called New Enlightenment. —Ian Johnson, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024