alienation

aliénation, sentiment d’exclusion

Le sentiment de ne pas avoir sa place parmi les autres ni de partager leur vie.

En anglais simple : A feeling that you do not belong with other people or share their lives.

• He felt a strong sense of alienation.
• Moving to a new city increased her alienation.
• The novel explores loneliness and alienation among young people.

Comment l'utiliser : alienation from someone/something (She described her alienation from the community.)

Synonymes : isolation, estrangement

Contraires : belonging

Expressions courantes : a sense of alienation, social alienation, feel alienation

éloignement

Le fait de donner aux gens le sentiment d’être rejetés ou de réduire leur envie de soutenir quelqu’un ou quelque chose.

En anglais simple : The act of making people feel unwelcome or less willing to support someone or something.

• The policy caused the alienation of many voters.
• Rude service can lead to customer alienation.
• They feared further alienation of their audience.

Comment l'utiliser : alienation of someone (The changes led to the alienation of loyal customers.)

Synonymes : estrangement

Expressions courantes : alienation of voters, risk alienation, cause alienation

éloignement, rupture

Le fait de ne plus avoir de lien proche ou amical avec quelqu’un ou quelque chose.

En anglais simple : The state of no longer having a close or friendly relationship with someone or something.

• His alienation from his family lasted years.
• The dispute deepened her alienation from old friends.
• They hoped to end the alienation between the two groups.

Comment l'utiliser : alienation from someone/something (Her alienation from her parents began after the argument.)

Synonymes : estrangement, estrangement from others

Expressions courantes : alienation from family, growing alienation, deep alienation

aliénation

La séparation des personnes de leurs besoins et capacités humaines à cause du travail et des inégalités entre classes sociales.

En anglais simple : People becoming separated from their own human needs and abilities because of work and unequal social classes.

• The lecture discussed alienation under capitalism.
• Marx linked alienation to the way work was organized.
• Workers experienced alienation when they had no control over production.

Expressions courantes : worker alienation, alienation under capitalism, theory of alienation