Meanings
plural estrangements
- countableuncountableThe act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.
1 more example
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.
2019 December 18, Stephen Collinson, “A grave day in history: Trump faces impeachment”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchestrangement
- Englishestrangement
Old French estrangement. By surface analysis, estrange + -ment (“act, state”).
More words from Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian отчуждаване, отчужденост
- отчуждаване (otčuždavane)the act of alienating
- отчужденост (otčuždenost)the state of being alien
Dutch vervreemding
- vervreemdingthe act of alienating
French éloignement, éloignement
- éloignementthe act of alienating
- éloignementthe state of being alien
German Entfremden, Entfremdung
- Entfremdenthe act of alienating
- Entfremdungthe act of alienating
- Verfremdungthe act of alienating
- Entfremdungthe state of being alien
- Verfremdungthe state of being alien
Hebrew התנכרות, ניכור
- התנכרותthe act of alienating
- ניכורthe state of being alien
Hungarian elidegenítés, elidegenülés
- elidegenítésthe act of alienating
- elidegenülésthe state of being alien
Italian straniamento, straniamento
- straniamentothe act of alienating
- straniamentothe state of being alien
Latin aliēnātiō
- aliēnātiōthe state of being alien
Polish separacja, oziębienie stosunków
- separacjathe act of alienating
- oziębienie stosunkówthe state of being alien
Russian отчужде́ние, разры́в
- отчужде́ние (otčuždénije)the act of alienating
- разры́в (razrýv)the act of alienating
- отдале́ние (otdalénije)the act of alienating
- отчуждённость (otčuždjónnostʹ)the state of being alien
- отдале́ние (otdalénije)the state of being alien
- разобщённость (razobščónnostʹ)the state of being alien
Spanish distanciamiento, alejamiento
- distanciamientothe act of alienating
- alejamientothe act of alienating
- alienaciónthe act of alienating
- enajenaciónthe act of alienating
- enajenamientothe act of alienating
- alienaciónthe state of being alien
- enajenaciónthe state of being alien
- enajenamientothe state of being alien
- desapegothe state of being alien
Ukrainian розрив, розлучення
- розрив (rozryv)the act of alienating
- розлучення (rozlučennja)the act of alienating
- відчуження (vidčužennja)the act of alienating
- віддалення (viddalennja)the act of alienating
- відчуження (vidčužennja)the state of being alien
- відчуженість (vidčuženistʹ)the state of being alien
- віддалення (viddalennja)the state of being alien
- розлучення (rozlučennja)the state of being alien
Cite this entry
estrangement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/estrangement
“estrangement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/estrangement. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “estrangement,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/estrangement.
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