alienation

noun6

1. •
   The act of alienating.

   • The alienation of that viewing demographic is a poor business decision.
2. •
   The state of being alienated.

   • His alienation from his family means he has nowhere to go at Christmas.
3. •
   Emotional isolation or dissociation, as from being separated from social connections or estranged from one's family or community; a feeling of being an outsider.

   • I didn't care about anything back then, not holidays or family or my career, I felt utter alienation from everything around me.
   • When parents get divorced, their child sometimes experiences parental alienation, in which they are estranged from the noncustodial parent.
4. •
   The estrangement of people from aspects of their human nature as a consequence of the division of labour and living in a society of stratified social classes (e.g., under capitalism or feudalism).
5. •
   The transfer of property to another person.
6. •
   Verfremdungseffekt.