Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

social alienation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables
so-cial alien-ation
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

psychological state and objective process in which the self was a historical and social creation, which becomes alienated from itself via a perceived objective world, but can become de-alienated again when that world is seen as just another aspect of the self-consciousness, which may be achieved by self-sacrifice to the common good

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What does social alienation mean?
a person's feeling of disconnection and/or isolation from a group – whether friends, family, or wider society – or another individual due to low degree of integration or common values

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