estrangement
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Old French estrangement. By surface analysis, estrange + -ment (“act, state”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪsˈtɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]estrangement (countable and uncountable, plural estrangements)
- 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.
- The state of being alien; foreign, non-native.
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]the act of alienating
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the state of being alien — see also falling out
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Middle French
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adverb
[edit]estrangement
Descendants
[edit]- French: étrangement
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old French estrangement. Synchronically estranger + -ment.
Noun
[edit]estrangement m (plural estrangemens)
Old French
[edit]Noun
[edit]estrangement oblique singular, m (oblique plural estrangemenz or estrangementz, nominative singular estrangemenz or estrangementz, nominative plural estrangement)
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