alienate
Meaning of alienate
- make (someone) feel isolated or estranged.
an urban environment which would alienate its inhabitants
- transfer ownership of (property rights) to another person or group.
they defended the Masai against attempts to alienate their land
early 16th century: from Latin alienat- ‘estranged’, from the verb alienare, from alienus ‘of another’ (see alien).
Information about alienate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of alienate is: alienates.
- Languages in which alienate is used:
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Hyphenation of alienate
alien-ate
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- alienate is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
alienate synonyms
Meaning estrange:
Meaning alien:
Meaning cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others:
Meaning leave or separate oneself from (a group or place):
Meaning make (someone or something) far off or remote in position or nature:
Meaning (of two things) move away from each other:
Meaning cause to move or be apart:
Meaning divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly:
Meaning separate or be separated into parts:
Meaning separate or dissociate (something) from something else, typically with an undesirable effect:
Meaning cause (a group) to break up or separate:
Meaning move from one place to another:
Meaning transport or carry to a place:
Meaning transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration:
alienate antonyms
Meaning come or bring together for a common purpose or action:
Translation of alienate
- French: aliéner
- German: entfremden
- Italian: alienare, estraniare
- Spanish: alienar, enajenar
Words that rhyme with alienate
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