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Meaning of Estrangement | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ɪsˈtɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt

Definitions

  1. The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The state of being alien; foreign, non-native.
    countable, uncountable

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Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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