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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries疎遠
Pronunciation / Transliteration: soen
"彼らの間の疎遠は年々深まった。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The state of being alienated or separated from a person or group.
"The estrangement between the siblings grew over the years due to misunderstandings." - 2
A feeling of being distanced or disconnected from someone or something that was once close.
"Her estrangement from her childhood friends left her feeling lonely."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old French 'estrangier', meaning to alienate or make strange, which ultimately traces back to the Latin 'extraneus' meaning foreign or external. Over centuries, the term evolved in English to denote the state of being emotionally distant or alienated from someone with whom one was formerly close.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Estrangement" is said worldwide
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Étrangeté
Transliteration: eh-trahn-zheh-tay
"L'étrangeté entre les deux amis était palpable."
Entfremdung
Transliteration: ent-freh-mdoong
"Die Entfremdung zwischen den Partnern war offensichtlich."
Alienazione
Transliteration: ah-lee-eh-nah-tsyo-neh
"L'alienazione tra i due colleghi era evidente."
Alejamiento
Transliteration: ah-leh-hah-myen-toh
"El alejamiento entre ellos se hizo más profundo con el tiempo."
Estranhamento
Transliteration: es-trahn-yah-men-toh
"O estranhamento entre os amigos cresceu ao longo dos anos."
परायापन
Transliteration: parayapan
"भाई-बहनों के बीच परायापन बढ़ गया।"
疏远
Transliteration: shūyuǎn
"他们之间的疏远让人感到遗憾。"
소외
Transliteration: sooe
"형제들 간의 소외가 점점 심해졌다."
疎遠
Transliteration: soen
"彼らの間の疎遠は年々深まった。"
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