unalienated
adjective
uk /ʌnˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪ.tɪd/ us /ʌnˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪ.t̬ɪd/
unalienatedadjective (PERSON)
feeling that you have some connection with the people around you or that you are part of a group:
Our ancestors were unalienated from their society.
An unalienated perspective can promote solidarity and belonging.
Rousseau's writings present a picture of unalienated individual life.
unalienatedadjective (LAND)
law specialized
Unalienated land cannot legally be sold or given from one owner to another:
Much of the county's land area consists of unalienated public land.
The country's indigenous people may have a right to unalienated lands.
Opposite
alienated
The new law enables aboriginal people to make a claim to unalienated Crown land.
The unalienated land had been used as wild pasture.
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