alienation
//ˌeɪ.li.əˈneɪ.ʃən//
Noun
alienationSingular
alienationsPlural
1
The state or experience of being isolated or estranged from a group, activity, or one's own feelings.
Many teenagers experience a sense of alienation from their families.
2
The transfer of ownership of property rights to another person or group.
The alienation of the property to the new owner was completed last month.
3
In Marxist theory, the condition in which workers are disconnected from the products of their labor and from their own humanity.
Marx argued that alienation occurs when workers have no control over what they produce.