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    alienation


    1. They were introduced to preserve a certain lineal succession, of which the law of primogeniture first gave the idea, and to hinder any part of the original estate from being carried out of the proposed line, either by gift, or device, or alienation; either by the folly, or by the misfortune of any of its successive owners


    2. The course of human affairs, by marriage, by succession, and by alienation, necessarily deranged this original division, and frequently threw the lands which had been allotted for the maintenance of many different families, into the


    3. In the other English colonies, indeed, the right of primogeniture takes place, as in the law of England: But in all the English colonies, the tenure of the lands, which are all held by free soccage, facilitates alienation ; and the grantee of an extensive tract of land generally finds it for his interest to alienate, as fast as he can, the greater part of it, reserving only a small quit-rent


    4. But, in the French colonies, if any part of an estate, held by the noble tenure of chivalry and homage, is alienated, it is, for a limited time, subject to the right of redemption, either by the heir of the superior, or by the heir of the family; and all the largest estates of the country are held by such noble tenures, which necessarily embarrass alienation


    5. But, in a new colony, a great uncultivated estate is likely to be much more speedily divided by alienation than by succession


    6. This was the beginning of the alienation between Latinos and the multi-generation U


    7. In some countries, where the greater part of the other feudal customs have gone into disuse, this tax upon the alienation of land still continues to make a very considerable branch of the revenue of the sovereign


    8. Shaking his head in confusion Brock tried to ignore the indomitable feeling of alienation that now lurked at the back of his mind, as though a stranger were settled there


    9. perpetuate the isolation and alienation that money economies enable


    10. I felt alienation from the Lord

    11. McWhorter sees much of hip-hop and the rest as “staged alienation” by these rappers for the purpose of promoting their records


    12. Add to that the alienation such as Mary Eberstadt describes


    13. Alienation causes fear and fear deepens


    14. alienation out West, whose separation instincts are seen as a danger to the


    15. The meeting soon developed into a very emotional exchange of charges and counter charges that missed the healing objective and produced unexpected bitter alienation


    16. No one has seen official or unofficial reports of such a meeting, but if unity was its objective, greater division and alienation was its definite result


    17. First, it shows the alienation that can come from the “precious vase” phenomenon


    18. His religion, his expectations of what society is (ally or enemy), his sense of self-worth, basic feeling of belonging or alienation, all of those intangible attitudes that bridge his connection with the “outside,” determine the qualities of these social ties


    19. Neurosis and the alienation of the masses are too prevalent today, with


    20. This would mean another type of alienation

    21. sisters did and my time with Harry in Europe and Africa had instilled a sense of … alienation,


    22. constructed, just as an alienation from the physical is necessary for workers in mental


    23. It had become an even bigger source of staff alienation, not to mention her questionable job status


    24. that thrived on alienation? Sure, the White House was saying


    25. This alienation or estrangement from our human essence is what creates the antagonism of the worker to capitalism, ‘be his payment high or low


    26. So strong, in fact was this feeling of alienation that, without consulting Anthea, I engaged a builder to erect a high wall around the boundary of the house and gardens


    27. (The corporatocracy probably hooked him on purpose to achieve this alienation with industry)


    28. loyally and admirably carried out the "duty," of exterminating his fellow humans, but his very dedication to "duty," expressing his own alienation in this world, vented so heinously his hate towards


    29. However, as love and hatred are the obverse and the reverse of the same human emotion, the feeling of alienation towards ‘the others’, nevertheless, brings in the Musalmans a sense of rare togetherness


    30. We all live lives of alienation through labor saving devices separating us from cooperative sharing

    31. It almost always generates either a total alienation from oneself, or an unlimited and universal hypocrisy


    32. Apart from the disgust and alienation that arises from putting spittle into people’s mouths, the prophet (cpth) said: “Waste is verily caused by disgust


    33. In the theatre it was the angry young men with playwright John Osborne leading the lower middle-class alienation with the British establishment


    34. Because of cars: our social, physical and environmental alienation has increased


    35. Their alienation was becoming sclerotic; a permanent feature of their married life


    36. Hatred brings alienation and alienation is in direct contrast with Love


    37. Love brings us nearer to other forms of creation while alienation builds sense of distance and disconnection


    38. Few of us realize that in the moments of deep estrangement frustration and alienation is also an unparalleled opportunity to be bonded with divinity seamlessly


    39. Now and then, a howl of a wolf or a hyena added to the feeling of alienation


    40. Boredom leads to alienation, followed by resentment and anger

    41. This outer definition of happiness comes from the fact of hierarchy and the separation and isolation of classes and alienation of people from each other


    42. I had the same feelings of alienation once in Arabia, but less so because I led a very secluded life and had not much contact with the locals


    43. Why do you think the impersonality of modern cities has increased to the point where a murderer can go on stabbing their victim to death with over 60 murderous stab wounds, while hundreds of people passing by did not lift one fucking finger to stop him? The alienation of the modern human living in a city has been created to make sure that they never report any cases of child abuse or child neglect to authorities


    44. Human alienation has been created so humans will not help each other or report any crime to any authority


    45. � It is at this point, they feel the alienation of such a state, and cover themselves from eyes outside their own


    46. � They experience alienation


    47. � The only control of such unbridled competition and alienation comes in a Hobbesian imposition and intercession of the dominator model


    48. Out of such alienation we build an identity that makes form in the world


    49. � This encourages and increases our alienation from self and others through an inherently judgmental point of view which closes us to the world of possibility and learning


    50. � To paraphrase Matthew 16:26:� "For what shall it profit us, if we shall gain the whole world, and lose our own self?" That's an old and powerful question that serves as a directive against alienation from the becoming self for some other material and consumerist purpose





































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    Synonyms for "alienation"

    alienation disaffection estrangement movement division trouble breach words difference difficulty

    "alienation" definitions

    the feeling of being alienated from other people


    separation resulting from hostility


    (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another


    the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly