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estrangement

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English

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Etymology

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Old French estrangement. By surface analysis, estrange +‎ -ment (act, state).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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estrangement (countable and uncountable, plural estrangements)

  1. The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.
    • 2019 December 18, Stephen Collinson, “A grave day in history: Trump faces impeachment”, in CNN[1]:
      The impeachment crisis is also a symptom of a country caught in a massive political estrangement that is tearing apart any sense of common patriotic purpose. It has exposed a political culture in which the facts – in this case, of the President’s actions – are no longer sacrosanct and that has been laced with a fog of misinformation by his allies.
  2. The state of being alien; foreign, non-native.

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Middle French

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Etymology 1

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From estrange +‎ -ment.

Adverb

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estrangement

  1. strangely; oddly
Descendants
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  • French: étrangement

Etymology 2

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From Old French estrangement. Synchronically estranger +‎ -ment.

Noun

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estrangement m (plural estrangemens)

  1. estrangement; alienation

Old French

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Noun

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estrangement oblique singularm (oblique plural estrangemenz or estrangementz, nominative singular estrangemenz or estrangementz, nominative plural estrangement)

  1. estrangement; alienation