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vervreemd

Vervreemd is the past participle of the Dutch verb vervreemden, meaning to alienate or to transfer ownership or rights from one party to another. In legal and property contexts, vervreemding refers to the act of transferring ownership, title, or other rights, thereby removing them from the original owner. In everyday language, vervreemd can describe something that has been alienated or someone who has become estranged.

As an adjective, vervreemd describes a state of estrangement or detachment. A person can feel vervreemd, for

In philosophy and social theory, vervreemding or vervreeming is closely associated with the concept of alienation,

Etymologically, the word combines the prefix ver- with vreemd (foreign or strange). The term is distinct from

example,
when
they
no
longer
identify
with
their
work,
social
circle,
or
environment.
The
noun
form
vervreemdING
is
used
in
academic
and
legal
language
to
denote
the
process
of
alienation.
notably
in
Marxist
discourse.
It
refers
to
the
condition
in
which
individuals
become
detached
from
the
products
of
their
labor,
from
the
activity
of
work,
from
other
people,
or
from
their
own
essence.
Dutch
usage
thus
ranges
from
concrete
transfers
of
property
to
abstract
discussions
of
social
and
psychological
estrangement.
vreemd,
which
simply
means
strange
or
foreign,
and
from
vreemdeling,
meaning
foreigner.