异化

異化

yìhuà

noun #66,352

Meanings

1 alienation (philosophy / Marxism)
2 dissimilation (linguistics)
3 to become alienated; to differentiate

Characters

different; foreign

-ization; to transform

Examples

HSK 4

技术使人与自然的关系发生了异化。

Jìshù shǐ rén yǔ zìrán de guānxi fāshēng le yìhuà.

Technology has alienated the relationship between humanity and nature.

HSK 6

马克思讨论了劳动的异化。

Mǎkèsī tǎolùn le láodòng de yìhuà.

Marx discussed the alienation of labor.

Tips

register

Two distinct technical senses: in philosophy = Marxist Entfremdung/alienation; in linguistics = dissimilation (a sound change opposite of assimilation 同化). Context disambiguates - both are formal academic register.

Stroke Order

异 yì

化 huà