estrangement
/ɪsˈtɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/
estrangement noun: the act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.
Noun
estrangement (countable and uncountable, plural estrangements)
- The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.
- 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...2019 December 18, Stephen Collinson, “A grave day in history: Trump faces impeachment”, in CNN
- The state of being alien; foreign, non-native.
estrangement meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
estrangement in Hindi
- estrangement, alienation
- विमुखता vimukhtā
- estrangement
- अनबन anban
estrangement in Tamil
- Estrangement; difference
- பின்னகம் piṉṉakam
estrangement in Urdu
- estrangement
- انبن anban
estrangement in Malayalam
- the state of being alien
- അകൽച്ച akalcca
More languagesFewer languages
- estrangement in Kannada
- ವಿಮುಖತೆ, ವೈಮನಸ್ಯ
- estrangement in Punjabi
- ਵਿੱਥ vittha, ਖਲੀਜ khalīj, ਫ਼ਾਸਲਾ fāslā, ਖਾਈ khāī
Synonyms of estrangement
Forms of estrangement
| plural | estrangements |
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Origin of estrangement
Old French estrangement. By surface analysis, estrange + -ment (“act, state”).
Words formed from estrangement
Questions about estrangement
- What does estrangement mean?
- Estrangement means the act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.
- What is estrangement in Hindi?
- Estrangement in Hindi is विमुखता (vimukhtā), अनबन (anban). See Estrangement meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is estrangement?
- Estrangement is a noun.
- How do you pronounce estrangement?
- Estrangement is pronounced /ɪsˈtɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/ (US).
- What is the plural of estrangement?
- The plural of estrangement is estrangements.
Words near estrangement in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: estrangement (page history and authors); अनबन (Hindi) (page history and authors); பின்னகம் (Tamil) (page history and authors); انبن (Urdu) (page history and authors); estrangement (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਖਲੀਜ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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