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What does estrangement mean?

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What does estrangement mean?

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estrangement

noun

   formalUK  /ɪˈstreɪndʒ.mənt/ US  /ɪˈstreɪndʒ.mənt/

 

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a period when you are estranged from someone (= no longer friendly with them), or the fact of no longer being friendly:

Their reunion followed a long estrangement.

He talked about his estrangement from his family.

 

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a feeling that you do not understand someone or something, or do not have any connection with him, her, or it:

College athletes share a feeling of estrangement from the other students.

 

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what basil67 said above

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