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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesaliénant
Pronunciation / Transliteration: aliénant
"Cette atmosphère froide et bureaucratique est particulièrement aliénante."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Causing someone to feel isolated, estranged, or unsupported.
"The rigid corporate culture proved to be deeply alienating for the new employees."
- 1
Present participle of alienate; making someone unfriendly, unsympathetic, or emotionally detached.
"By constantly criticizing his colleagues, he was alienating the entire team."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'alienare', meaning to make strange, transfer, or remove, stemming from 'alius' (other). It entered Middle English via Old French in the 15th century, initially denoting legal transfer of property before evolving psychologically to describe the feeling of emotional isolation.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Alienating" is said worldwide
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aliénant
Transliteration: aliénant
"Cette atmosphère froide et bureaucratique est particulièrement aliénante."
entfremdend
Transliteration: entfremdend
"Die neuen Vorschriften wirkten auf die Belegschaft sehr entfremdend."
alienante
Transliteration: alienante
"Molti lavoratori considerano la catena di montaggio un lavoro alienante."
alienante
Transliteration: alienante
"El ritmo de la gran ciudad puede resultar muy alienante."
alienante
Transliteration: alienante
"O ambiente da empresa tornou-se sufocante e alienante."
अगामी करनेवाला
Transliteration: alag karne wala
Script: अलग करने वाला
"यह माहौल नए कर्मचारियों के लिए बहुत अलग करने वाला हो सकता है।"
疏离的
Transliteration: shūlí de
"这种高度竞争的环境让人感到十分疏离。"
소외시키는
Transliteration: sohoesikinun
"그 회사의 독단적인 결정 방식은 직원들을 소외시켰다."
疎外感を与える
Transliteration: sogalkan o ataeru
"その冷たい態度は周囲に疎外感を与えるものだった。"
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