ESTRANGEMENT Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

estrangement

noun

Definition of estrangement

as in alienation

the loss of friendship or affection a silly quarrel that eventually resulted in a complete and lasting estrangement between the onetime friends

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Recent Examples of estrangement Rodgers’s estrangement from his brothers and parents first surfaced in 2016, when his brother Jordan shared Aaron had distanced himself from them. — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 22 July 2026 During his hometown date — in which Fletcher met his family — Jordan opened up publicly for the first time about the estrangement between himself and his brother. — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026 After a four-year estrangement, Chase and Schlesinger talked things through. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 16 July 2026 Shifting baseline syndrome was initially considered an evocative parable of humans’ estrangement from wild nature—a warning in the form of a hypothesis. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026 Many viewers have been excited to see Rhaenyra and Daemon’s romance rekindled this season after their estrangement in Season 2. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 6 July 2026 Advertisement Since the 2025 war, broader regional developments have deepened the estrangement. — Michael Kugelman, Time, 26 June 2026

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Noun

Not every successful novel of alienation turns on financial deprivation.

— Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
There’s a tone of alienation running through the group’s work, manifesting as a clash between aesthetics of rationalist sheen and heady mysticism that, depending on the light, read as both wholly improvised and meticulously programmed.

— Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026

Definition of alienation

Noun

Lowe used to be a member of a much larger and more popular right-wing populist party, Nigel Farage’s Reform, but he was forced out in an enjoyably catty and melodramatic schism after calling for mass deportations.

— Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
The Vatican declared the group of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide in schism after the SSPX consecrated four bishops in Switzerland without Pope Leo XIV’s approval this month.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026

Definition of schism

Noun

But as each new generation gets further away from the novel’s original milieu and the image of Holden Caulfield has become shorthand for privileged disaffection, its necessity in curricula has been questioned.

— Adam Messinger, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Here, as ever, Kokopeli suggests that clinging to youthful talismans offers no protection against uncertainty, and reasserts the odd mix of disaffection and morbid glee produced by such reactionary impulses.

— Theo Belci, Artforum, 2 June 2026

Definition of disaffection

Noun

But that’s not for another decade or so, and separations will likely continue rising until then.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 July 2026
During that previous test, the Starship Flight 12 mission, the massive Super Heavy first-stage Booster suffered engine problems after stage separation and failed to make a water landing in the Gulf of Mexico.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of separation

Noun

Last seen in The Marvels (2023), where Monica Rambeau sacrificed herself to close a multiversal rift and ended up stranded on the other side of it, in a universe where the X-Men exist.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Although the rift has no end in sight, the Palace remains hopeful that Kate can help William move forward with his brother.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 18 July 2026

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