Alienation may refer to:
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Alienation (property law)
In property law, alienation is the voluntary act of an owner of some property to dispose of the property, while alienability, or being alienable, is the capacity for a piece of property or a property right to be sold or otherwise transferred fr ...
, the legal transfer of title of ownership to another party
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Marx's theory of alienation
Karl Marx's theory of alienation describes the estrangement (German: ''Entfremdung'') of people from aspects of their human nature (''Gattungswesen'', 'species-essence') as a consequence of the division of labor and living in a society of strati ...
, the separation of things that naturally belong together, or antagonism between those who are properly in harmony
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''Alienation'' (video game), a 2016 PlayStation 4 video game
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"Alienation" (speech), an inaugural address by Jimmy Reid as Rector of the University of Glasgow
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Social alienation
Social alienation is a person's feeling of disconnection from a group whether friends, family, or wider society to which the individual has an affinity. Such alienation has been described as "a condition in social relationships reflected by (1) ...
, an individual's estrangement from society
See also
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Alien Nation (disambiguation) '' Alien Nation'' is an American science fiction media franchise.
Alien Nation may also refer to:
Alien Nation media franchise
* ''Alien Nation'' (film), a 1988 motion picture that spawned the franchise
* ''Alien Nation'' (comics), comics tie-i ...
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Alienability (disambiguation)
Alienability may refer to or be associated with:
* Alienability (grammar)
*Alienability of rights
Some philosophers distinguish two types of rights, natural rights and legal rights.
* Natural rights are those that are not dependent on the la ...
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Alienation effect
The distancing effect, also translated as alienation effect (german: Verfremdungseffekt or ''V-Effekt''), is a concept in performing arts credited to German playwright Bertolt Brecht.
Brecht first used the term in his essay "Alienation Effects i ...
, an audience's inability to identify with a character in a performance, as an intended consequence of the actor's interpretation of the script
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Alienation of affection(s), a legal term whereby a third party is blamed for the breakdown of a personal relationship
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Parental alienation
Parental alienation is a theorized process through which a child becomes estranged from one parent as the result of the psychological manipulation of another parent. The child's estrangement may manifest itself as fear, disrespect or hostility tow ...
, a process through which a child becomes estranged from a parent as the result of the psychological manipulation of another parent
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Parental alienation syndrome
Parental alienation syndrome (PAS) is a term introduced by child psychiatrist Richard Gardner in 1985 to describe signs and symptoms he believed to be exhibited by children who have been alienated from one parent through manipulation by the oth ...
, the theory that a set of behaviors in a child who displays extreme but unwarranted fear, disrespect or hostility towards a parent can be used to establish that the child's reaction was caused by the other parent
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