alienate

Etymology

From Middle English alienat, from Latin aliēnātus, perfect passive participle of aliēnō (“alienate, estrange”), from aliēnus. See alien, and compare aliene.

adj

1. (archaic, followed by "from") Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign

noun

1. (obsolete) A stranger; an alien.

verb

1. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
2. To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted.
   The Communists had considerable influence in the Labour Party in the years 1920–26 and 1935–9. Their chief importance, and that of the whole left wing of the Labour movement, was the part they played in alienating the middle classes from Socialism. 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn
   In April and early May, the NUR and ASLEF threatened a three-day strike. Opinion on this was divided, both within the unions and among the public. Commentators saw the strike as likely to alienate the public and unlikely to win significant changes in terms of closures and job losses. March 22 2023, Mike Esbester, “Staff, the public and industry will suffer”, in RAIL, number 979, page 39
3. To cause one to feel unable to relate.