For Alienation we have terms and definitions in 5 topics. The topics are Anthromorphemics, Anthropology, Foreclosure, Real Estate and Sociology.

Alienation (Anthromorphemics)

The fragmentation of individuals' relations to their work, the things they produce, and the resources with which they produce them.

Alienation (Anthropology)

The fragmentation of individuals' relations to their work, the things they produce, and the resources with which they produce them.

Alienation (Foreclosure)

The transfer of property from one person to another. Alienation may be voluntary, such as by gift or sale, or involuntary, as through eminent domain or adverse possession.

Alienation (Real Estate)

The act of transferring ownership, title, interest, or estate in real property from one person to another. Property is usually sold or conveyed by voluntary alienation, as with a deed or assignment of lease. Involuntary alienation takes place when property is sold against the owner's will, as in a foreclosure sale or a tax sale. (See alienation clause)

Alienation (Sociology)

The sense that we have lost control over social institutions that we have created. Often characterized as estrangement from the self and from the society as a whole. Marx believed that general alienation was rooted in the loss of control on the part of workers over the nature of the labor task, and over the products of their labor.

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