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Disposition vs Alienation - What's the difference?

disposition | alienation | Synonyms |

Disposition is a synonym of alienation.


As nouns the difference between disposition and alienation

is that disposition is disposal while alienation is alienation.

disposition

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The arrangement or placement of certain things.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
  • Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
  • Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
  • *
    • He was, indeed, a lad of a remarkable disposition ; sober, discreet, and pious beyond his age...
  • Control over something.
  • (label) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
  • (label) Final decision or settlement.
  • (label) The destination of a patient after medical treatment such as surgery.
  • (label) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.

    • Derived terms

    * dispositional * ambulatory disposition * disposition hearing * testamentary disposition

    Related terms

    * dispose * disposal * dispositive * predisposition

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To remove or place in a different position.

    • Related terms

    * dispose * disposal * dispositive * predisposition ----

    alienation

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act of alienating.
    • The alienation of that viewing demographic is a poor business decision.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1897, author=James D. Richardson, title=A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=That the mode of alienating their lands, the main source of discontent and war, should be so defined and regulated as to obviate imposition and as far as may be practicable controversy concerning the reality and extent of the alienations which are made.}}
  • The state of being alienated.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1874, author=Edward Bannerman Ramsay, title=Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=I refer to the state of our divisions and alienations of spirit on account of religion.}}
  • Emotional isolation or dissociation.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1797, author=An English Lady, title=A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795,, chapter=, edition=2nd ed. citation
    • , passage=But these domestic alienations are not confined to those who once moved in the higher orders of society--the monthly registers announce almost as many divorces as marriages, and the facility of separation has rendered the one little more than a licentious compact, which the other is considered as a means of dissolving.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=1992, date=October 2, author=Jonathan Rosenbaum, title=The Road to Overload, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=To watch it even once is to be distracted, but in an evocative and resonant manner--to be drawn away from Benning's travels and alienations and reminded of one's own.}}

    Synonyms

    * estrangement