A-effect see under alien

A level or Advanced level or advanced level noun

(a pass in) an examination generally taken after seven years of secondary education, esp in England and Wales (also adjective, often with hyphen)

alien /āˈli-ən or -lyən/

1. Belonging to something else
2. Foreign
3. From elsewhere
4. Extraneous
5. Repugnant or offensive
6. Inconsistent (with to)
7. Incompatible or irreconcilable
8. Estranged

1. A foreigner
2. A resident neither native-born nor naturalized
3. An outsider
4. An extraterrestrial
5. A plant introduced to a locality by man but maintaining itself

1. To alienate (archaic)
2. To transfer (rare)
3. To estrange (archaic)

alienabilˈity noun

aˈlienable adjective (law)

Capable of being transferred to another

aˈlienage noun

The state of being an alien

aˈlienate transitive verb

1. To transfer
2. To estrange or to distance by taking away friendship or contact

1. Withdrawn
2. Estranged

alienāˈtion noun

1. Estrangement
2. Mental or emotional detachment
3. The state of not being involved
4. The critical detachment with which, according to Bertolt Brecht, audience and actors should regard a play, considering action and dialogue and the ideas in the drama without emotional involvement
5. The transfer of property to another, or the right to dispose of property (law)

aˈlienātor noun

alˈiened adjective

1. Made alien
2. Estranged

alieneeˈ noun (law)

A person to whom property is transferred

alˈienism noun

1. The position of being a foreigner
2. The study and treatment of mental diseases

aˈlienist noun

1. A person who specially studies or treats mental diseases
2. A psychiatrist specializing in the legal aspects of mental illness (N American)

aˈlienor noun (law)

A person who transfers property

alienation effect or A-effect noun

Brecht's theory of alienation (see above)