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Noun
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Such anti-social behavior, such as not being fully dressed on the streets of Spanish or French towns, particularly in high tourist season, can only fuel the antagonism felt by locals towards the multitude of tourists who arrive in Europe every summer.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025 -
Instead, and contrary to China’s wishes, the war has further entrenched great-power antagonisms among China, Russia, the United States, and Europe.—
Da Wei,
Foreign Affairs,
29 July 2025
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In the case of Bill, that ultimately means enticing him back into society with the appetizing waft and convivial chatter of a barbecue party—a small coup for social connection amid the inertia of alienation.—
Adrienne Matei,
The Atlantic,
13 Aug. 2025
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Moreover, in the case of Kafka, a highly idiosyncratic writer, whose very name has become a byword for modern alienation and bureaucratic absurdity, the influence of his elegant and long-canonical early translators Willa and Edwin Muir still looms large.—
Mark Harman
August 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Embitterment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embitterment. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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