Alienate

/ˈeɪliəneɪt/ verb

To make someone feel separated, isolated, or unfriendly toward you; to cause someone to feel like an outsider or unwelcome.

From Latin alienatus meaning estranged, from alienus meaning strange or foreign. The word moved from describing legal transfer of property to describing emotional separation by the 1600s, with the sense of 'making strange or foreign' evolving into psychological distance.

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