单词 | estrangement |
释义 | estrangementn. The action of estranging; the condition of being estranged; separation, withdrawal, alienation in feeling or affection. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > exclusion from society > [noun] discommunion1590 ostracism1602 disfellowship1608 expurgation1615 elimination1623 estrangement1660 social exclusion1831 fugitation1837 leperhood1875 ostracization1875 boycott1880 boycotting1880 boycottism1880 freeze-out1883 freezing out1891 purge1893 the mind > emotion > hatred > quarrel or falling out > [noun] > alienation in feeling or affection innaturality1579 abalienation1596 estrangedness1645 estrangement1736 alienization1796 shrinking1842 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iii. ii. (R.) If excommunication be incurred..he that is guilty..is bound to submit to estrangements and separations. 1736 G. Berkeley Disc. Magistr. in Wks. (1871) III. 429 The prevailing contempt of God's word, and estrangement from his house. 1765 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 4) IV. v. i. 143 Moses, to prevent any such estrangement..was careful to acquaint the chosen Family..of their descent from one man and woman. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. v. 496 Apprehending a greater estrangement of the mind of the Nizam. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 261 The estrangement between the King of England and the Prince of Orange became daily more complete. 1883 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World (1884) v. 169 The estrangement of the soul from God. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1660 |
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