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Beziehungslosigkeit

English translation: lack of true relationships

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German term or phrase:Beziehungslosigkeit
English translation:lack of true relationships

22:39 Nov 16, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
German term or phrase: Beziehungslosigkeit
Beziehungslosigkeit als Merkmal unserer kranken Gesellschaft
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lack of human relationships
Explanation:
gets its share of googles
Selected response from:

Jonathan MacKerron
Grading comment
This is closest to what we were looking for. We would however make a small change to "lack of true relationships". Thank you very much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5alienation
Kim Metzger
4 +1unconnectedness
Reuben Proctor
3 +1Isolation
Allesklar
3 +1lack of social ties
Olaf Reibedanz
3 +1irrelevance or lack of relevance
Dr. Fred Thomson
1lack of human relationships
Jonathan MacKerron


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
beziehungslosigkeit
Isolation


Explanation:
Lack of relationships

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Note added at 6 mins (2004-11-16 22:46:26 GMT)
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lack of connection/connectedness

Allesklar
Australia
Local time: 20:28
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Olaf Reibedanz: vielleicht auch: lack of social ties// If you insist... ;-)
1 min
  -> good one, why not add it as an answer?
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
beziehungslosigkeit
lack of social ties


Explanation:
As an alternative to the suggestions provided by Allesklar

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Note added at 13 mins (2004-11-16 22:53:38 GMT)
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Another idea: **social isolation**

Olaf Reibedanz
Colombia
Local time: 05:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  margarete: I like "social isolation" too ... well I don't like it, but ... ;-)
1 hr
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
beziehungslosigkeit
unconnectedness


Explanation:
Unconnectedness as a characteristic of our sick society

Reuben Proctor
Local time: 12:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Johanna Timm, PhD: "The concept of individualisation does not mean unconnectedness,isolation, loneliness or the end of all kinds of society".... www.theory.org.uk/ally.htm
5 hrs
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
beziehungslosigkeit
alienation


Explanation:
Aber wer einmal mit offenen Augen eine Hip Hop Veranstaltung besucht hat, wird schnell erkannt haben, wie falsch das Gerede um "community", um Gemeinschaft ist: was mensch dort sieht ist die "lonely crowd", eine Ansammlung vereinzelter Menschen, die nichts verbindet ausser ihrer Beziehungslosigkeit.

http://www.free.de/schwarze-katze/texte/musik01.html

Riesman taught at the universities of Buffalo and Chicago before returning to Harvard, his alma mater, to teach (1958–80). He studied primarily the social character of the urban middle class and is noted for The Lonely Crowd (1950), the title of which became a catchphrase for the alienation of the individual in modern urban society.
http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article?tocId=9376920

Alienation: Emotional isolation or dissociation



Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 04:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 127

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hilary Davies Shelby
51 mins
agree  margarete: this works
55 mins
agree  Fantutti (X)
4 hrs
agree  writeaway
8 hrs
agree  Robert Schlarb: the most widespread term
8 hrs
agree  Francis Lee (X)
9 hrs
neutral  Jonathan MacKerron: wouldn't this be "Entfremdung"?
10 hrs
disagree  Reuben Proctor: I agree with Jonathon. Also, alienation implies more than just lack of connection, but rather an actual loss (condition vs. process), even antipathy(?). This for me does not describe the cold (a priori) hopelessness of "Beziehungslosigkeit"
11 hrs
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
beziehungslosigkeit
irrelevance or lack of relevance


Explanation:
This might fit. Let your context be your guide.

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 04:58
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ellen Zittinger
3 days 22 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
lack of human relationships


Explanation:
gets its share of googles

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
This is closest to what we were looking for. We would however make a small change to "lack of true relationships". Thank you very much!
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