unbelonging
Feeling out of place
Unbelonging is the state of not fitting in or feeling excluded from a group, place, or community.
Where belonging suggests connection and acceptance, unbelonging emphasizes alienation or displacement: a persistent sense of unbelonging followed her through childhood.
The word appears in literary and academic contexts more than everyday speech.
State of being severed
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- disaffectionLoss of loyalty
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- anomieBreakdown of shared standards
marginalization · displacement · otherness · disassociation · dissociation · exclusion · rootlessness · foreignness
State of lacking companions
- solitudeState of being alone
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- separatenessState of being apart
aloneness · exile · ostracism · segregation · insularity · abandonment · desolation · quarantine
Non-native person
- strangerPerson not yet known
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
newcomer · transplant · alien · nonnative · outcast · misfit · sojourner · exile
Lack of harmony
- mismatchIncompatible combination
- incompatibilityUnable to function together
- discordanceConflicting elements together
- disharmonyAbsence of agreement
awkwardness · unfamiliarity · unease · discomfort · friction · tension · displacement · wrongness
disconnection
State of being severed
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- disaffectionLoss of loyalty
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
anomie · marginalization · displacement · otherness · disassociation · dissociation · exclusion · rootlessness · foreignness · disenfranchisement
loneliness
State of lacking companions
- solitudeState of being alone
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- withdrawalAct of taking away
separateness · aloneness · exile · ostracism · segregation · insularity · abandonment · desolation · quarantine · banishment
foreigner
Non-native person
- strangerPerson not yet known
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
refugee · newcomer · transplant · alien · nonnative · outcast · misfit · sojourner · exile · nomad
incongruity
Lack of harmony
- mismatchIncompatible combination
- incompatibilityUnable to function together
- discordanceConflicting elements together
disharmony · awkwardness · unfamiliarity · unease · discomfort · friction · tension · displacement · wrongness · disjunction
unbelongingbelonging
State of fitting in
acceptance · inclusion · integration · assimilation · incorporation
unbelongingbelonging
State of fitting in
rootedness · at-homeness · connectedness · attachment · groundedness
unbelongingbelonging
State of fitting in
membership · inclusion · fitting in · entitlement · legitimacy