To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership.
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Noun
a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
Noun
a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
Noun
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
Verb
arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
Verb
transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs"
Adjective S.
being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"
Adjective S.
not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"
a.
Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or
to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects,
enemies, property, shores.
a.
Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent
(with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as,
principles alien from our religion.
n.
A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another
country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not
possess the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See Alienage.
n.
One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or
estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies.
v. t.
To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or
ownership.
Alien
Ale"hoof` , n.An alien sound of melancholy.
Alien
Ale"hoof` , n.Aliens from the common wealth of Israel.
Alien
Ale"hoof` , n.The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of . . . the marriage.
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Usage Examples
The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others.
Okay, let's talk about cartoon labels for half a second - some people think anything with a dog or a car or a colorful alien is garbage, which is not true. Look at Big Moose Red. It's, like, a $6 wine with a cheesy label, and it's actually a solid wine.
Obviously one must hold oneself responsible for the evil impulses of one's dreams. In what other way can one deal with them? Unless the content of the dream rightly understood is inspired by alien spirits, it is part of my own being.
From very early on in my childhood - four, five years old - I felt alien to the human race. I felt very comfortable with thinking I was from another planet, because I felt disconnected - I was very tall and skinny, and I didn't look like anybody else, I didn't even look like any member of my family.
Actually criminal sanctions that are given could be up to five years for violating the rules and regulations under the campaign finance reform. This is like the Alien and Sedition Act of years and years ago, decades ago.
Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.
I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing it's not a western invention.
I would expect illegal alien parents to take care of their children. If it means the kids go back home with them, that's what happens. If it means there are legal relatives in the United States that can take care of them, that can happen to. But I believe it's the parents responsibility to take care of the kids.
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Other Usage ExamplesIt's so great in Hollywood now. You have people past 40 sitting and talking about serious stuff, writing and making movies and TV, but there's laser pistols and superheroes and alien monsters involved. It's viable and mainstream.
The thing is there have been American movies that are similar to Solaris, like Alien had a lot of things that are similar, although it's also got the horror element.
Democracy may have arisen in the West as the way of striving for the universal aspiration to dignity and freedom, but it isn't alien to the underlying concepts that infuse religion and moral philosophy everywhere.
The respect for human rights, essential if we are to use technology wisely, is not something alien that must be grafted onto science. On the contrary, it is integral to science, as also to scholarship in general.
Film-makers are always going to be interested in making movies that plug into society around them. That's what a vibrant, artistically alert community should be doing. After all, it would be sad if we only made films about alien robots.
For me, science is already fantastical enough. Unlocking the secrets of nature with fundamental physics or cosmology or astrobiology leads you into a wonderland compared with which beliefs in things like alien abductions pale into insignificance.
To expect alien technology to be just a few decades ahead of ours is too incredible to be taken seriously.
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.