Estrangement

Definitions

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

Equivalents

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.”

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