Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of not being alienated.
- noun Failure to alienate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Failure to
alienate .
Etymologies
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non- + alienation
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Examples
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Japan was assured by the Zongli Yamen, China's foreign office in Beijing, respecting the nonalienation of Fujian Province to any other power.
1897, March 29 2001
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Accompanying the agreement was a secret nonalienation bond that curtailed Muscat's external sovereignty.
1889-91 2001
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Marx's concept can be further clarified by asking what he would consider as nonalienation.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas DAVID McLELLAN 1968
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