疎外

• 読み: そがい
• ローマ字: sogai
• 漢字の分解: 疎 (so/uton) — sparse, to alienate; 外 (gai/soto) — outside, to exclude
• 発音: /so.ɡa.i/

意味

Alienation; estrangement; exclusion. The experience of feeling isolated from society, community, or one's own work.

A key concept in sociology and philosophy, particularly Marxist theory (疎外論), where it describes the worker's separation from the products of their labour, the act of production, fellow workers, and human nature. In everyday Japanese, 疎外感 (feeling of alienation) is commonly used to describe social exclusion or loneliness. Also used in interpersonal contexts: 仲間外れ (being left out).

例文

1. 都市化が進むにつれ、人々の疎外感は深まっている。
2. マルクスは資本主義のもとで労働者が疎外されると論じた。
3. 職場での疎外を感じた彼は、転職を決意した。

使い方ガイド

場面: sociology, philosophy, psychology, social issues

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 疎 (sparse, to alienate, to distance) and 外 (outside, to exclude). The philosophical concept was introduced via German Entfremdung (alienation) through Marxist texts. In modern usage, 疎外 covers both theoretical alienation and everyday feelings of exclusion.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal