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alienation
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Alienation
In law, the ability to transfer a property to another party, either by sale or gift. Most property is alienable, but subject to certain restrictions. For example, a property may be temporarily inalienable because a third party has right of first refusal on it.
alienation

The act of transferring ownership or some partial interest in real property from one person to another. Voluntary alienation occurs when one executes a deed or a lease. Involuntary alienation occurs when there is a foreclosure,tax sale,or condemnation.
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Accelerated release of detainees can reduce this alienation effect and meet political demands to free Iraqis, but it also risks having them rejoin the insurgency and could jeopardize fragile security gains.
Inside the detention camps: a new campaign in Iraq by Brooks, Mason; Miller, Drew / Joint Force Quarterly
It's not the alienation effect of agitpop or even a protest, but a deeper existential ambivalence about the state of the world, as if to ask, Is it even worth saving?
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I don't think the movie achieves its aim, especially when Haneke uses alienation effects like the smirking young psychopaths talking straight to camera, or one of them taking a remote control and rewinding the film to eliminate a scene of the wife successfully fighting back.
Funny Games by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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