alienated

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adjective

alien·​at·​ed ˈā-lē-ə-ˌnā-təd 

ˈāl-yə-

: feeling withdrawn or separated from others or from society as a whole : affected by alienation

feeling lonely and alienated

… after the success of 1969's "Easy Rider," a paean to the alienated youth of the hippie generation …

—Lisa Stein

alienated

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past tense and past participle of alienate

Examples of alienated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

But others feel alienated, misrepresented and worn out by the opposing political forces, said Carolina Almeida de Paula, a political scientist from Rio de Janeiro State University. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

Part of it was due to returning vets, who were very alienated and were suffering from untreated PTSD and were ripe targets for recruitment by white supremacist groups that look for people with these kinds of skills. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026

Cedric Richmond, a former Louisiana Democratic congressman who served as a senior adviser to President Joe Biden, said the effort would focus on repeatedly engaging voters in rural communities who feel alienated from Democratic campaigns. — Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Misleading averages, alienated families On the face of it, everything might not look so dire. — Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

from past participle of alienate

First Known Use

Adjective

1516, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for alienated

• abdicated
• abrogated
• acclimated
• activated
• actuated
• adumbrated
• advocated
• aggravated
• aggregated
• agitated
• allocated
• alternated