estrangement
pronunciation
How to pronounce estrangement in British English:
UK [ɪˈstreɪndʒmənt]
How to pronounce estrangement in American English:
US [əˈstrendʒmənt]
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- Noun:
- separation resulting from hostility
- the feeling of being alienated from other people
Word Origin
- estrangement (n.)
- 1650s, from estrange + -ment.
Example
- 1. Two sisters , madeleine and dinah , meet again after a long period of estrangement .
- 2. The biggest taboo is the estrangement between a mother and her daughter .
- 3. And the prize procedure has become a game among participants , only with some occasional disputes to entertain the public . That is an estrangement of literature prize from its reality and popular understanding .
- 4. But often this feeling of abandonment or estrangement from god has nothing to do with sin .
- 5. A more pressing problem for the kremlin is the growing estrangement between russia 's western and eastern halves .