alienation

疎外感

周りの人の仲間に入れず、その生活にも関われないと感じること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： alienation from someone/something (She described her alienation from the community.)

類義語： isolation, estrangement

反対語： belonging

よく使う表現： a sense of alienation, social alienation, feel alienation

疎遠にすること

人に歓迎されていないと感じさせ、誰かや何かを支持する気持ちを弱めること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： alienation of someone (The changes led to the alienation of loyal customers.)

類義語： estrangement

よく使う表現： alienation of voters, risk alienation, cause alienation

疎遠、断絶

人や物事との親しい関係が失われている状態。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： alienation from someone/something (Her alienation from her parents began after the argument.)

類義語： estrangement, estrangement from others

よく使う表現： alienation from family, growing alienation, deep alienation

疎外

労働や階級間の不平等により、人が自分本来の欲求や能力から切り離されること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： worker alienation, alienation under capitalism, theory of alienation