疎外・疏外|そがいsogai[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Which spelling to use
疎外疎外 is the most common form and the one learners should use when writing this word.
疏外疏外 is a rarely used variant; learners may encounter it, but should normally choose 疎外 instead.
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbalienation; estrangement; leaving (someone) out; casting out; cutting off; avoiding; giving the cold shoulder
    彼かれは社会しゃかいから疎外そがいされていると感かんじた。↗
    He felt alienated from society.
Conjugation
Dictionary form疎外する(そがいする)
Polite (masu)疎外します(そがいします)
Negative (nai)疎外しない(そがいしない)
polite (masen)疎外しません(そがいしません)
classical zu / nu疎外せず・疎外せぬ(そがいせず・そがいせぬ)
Past (ta)疎外した(そがいした)
polite (mashita)疎外しました(そがいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)疎外しなかった(そがいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)疎外しませんでした(そがいしませんでした)
Te form疎外して(そがいして)
Potential疎外できる(そがいできる)
Passive疎外される(そがいされる)
Causative疎外させる(そがいさせる)
Causative passive疎外させられる(そがいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)疎外すれば(そがいすれば)
tara疎外したら(そがいしたら)
Volitional疎外しよう(そがいしよう)
polite (mashou)疎外しましょう(そがいしましょう)
Imperative疎外しろ(そがいしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related疎隔そかくWrittenWritten word for estrangement — relations grown distant with a gap between them; rare in use. 「疎外」stresses being shut out or excluded.
  • Related疎むうとむWrittenA verb: to dislike and shun someone. Rather literary; 「疎外」is mostly used in social or philosophical contexts.
  • Related疎んじるうとんじるWrittenTo shun and cold-shoulder someone, as in 「仲間に疎んじられる」. 「疎外」is the more abstract term.
  • Antonym受容じゅようWrittenAcceptance — taking someone or something in. The direct opposite of the exclusion that 「疎外」describes.
  • Antonym融合ゆうごうWrittenFusion — separate things joining into one whole. It stands against the isolation and being set apart that 「疎外」 implies.

For being left out or feeling out of place, use 「疎外」, as in 「疎外感」. To cold-shoulder someone, use 「疎んじる」. On the opposite side, 「受容」 is acceptance and 「融合」 is merging into one.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 疎うとんじること。仲間なかま外はずれにすること。
  2. (ドイツ語どいつごの哲学てつがく用語ようごEntfremdungの訳語やくご)あるものから生しょうじたものが、そこから離はなれて、生しょうじた元もとと対立たいりつ関係かんけいを生しょうずること。
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