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Alienating

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antagonisticContending or acting against.
antagonizingTending to antagonize.

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antagonisticContending or acting against.
antagonizingTending to antagonize.
distancingnounThe process of becoming or making distant.
expellingnounThe process by which something is expelled.
disposingnounThe act by which things are disposed, or set out.
banishingnounA magical ritual intended to remove negative spiritual influences.
marginalisingverbNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of marginalize. [(transitive) To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise.]
marginalizingverb(transitive) To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise.
aversiveTending to repel; causing avoidance.
rejectiveTending to reject.
avertiveAlternative form of aversive. [Tending to repel; causing avoidance.]
separativeServing to separate.
antipatheticHaving or showing a strong aversion or repugnance.
adversiveopposite, contrary
disaffectedAlienated or estranged, often with hostile effect; rebellious, resentful; disloyal; malcontent.
hostileNot friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.
denigrativenounSynonym of denigratory.
antisocialUnwilling or unable to cooperate and associate normally with other people.
exophobic(rare) xenophobic
exclusionisticSynonym of exclusionist.

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