Estrangement definitions

Estrangement is defined as no longer being affectionate or friendly, or is defined as being separated from your usual surroundings.

When you and your family members are no longer speaking due to a dispute over dividing up your parents assets, this is an example of estrangement.

When you are living apart from your husband and are on the path to divorce, this is an example of estrangement.

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The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.
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The state of being alien; foreign, non-native.
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Origin of estrangement

Old French estrangement, corresponding to estrange +"Ž -ment (“act, state")

Sentence Examples

  • But there was a growing estrangement from Athens, which ended at length in an open breach.

  • However, in view of the Shipton couple's unconventional estrangement, he wasn't sure what words might be appropriate.

  • Throughout the reign of Arcadius there was estrangement and jealousy between the two brothers or their governments.

  • No doubt there must have been some kind of foundation for Pirkheimer's charges; and it is to be noted that neither in Darer's early correspondence with this intimate friend, nor anywhere in his journals, does he use any expressions of tenderness or affection for his wife, only speaking of her as his housemate and of her helping in the sale of his prints,&c. That he took her with him on his journey to the Netherlands shows at any rate that there can have been no acute estrangement.

  • A violent article, in which he demanded the annexation of Hanover and Saxony, and attacked with great bitterness the Saxon royal house, led to an estrangement from his father, who enjoyed the warm friendship of the king.

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