Definition of "alienation" in English

noun

1. The act of alienating.

   • The alienation of that viewing demographic is a poor business decision.

2. The state of being alienated.

3. Emotional isolation or dissociation.

4. (theater) Verfremdungseffekt.

5. (property law) The transfer of property to another person.

6. (Marxism) The estrangement of people from aspects of their human nature as a consequence of the division of labour and living in a society of stratified social classes.