Alien

Definition: Alien

Alien

Adjective

1. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature".

2. Being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "moved to a strange country".

Noun

1. A person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country.

2. Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found.

3. A form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere.

Verb

1. Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness.

Date "alien" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definition
Satire	ALIEN, n. An American sovereign in his probationary state. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Bible	Alien a foreigner, or person born in another country, and therefore not entitled to the rights and privileges of the country where he resides. Among the Hebrews there were two classes of aliens. (1.) Those who were strangers generally, and who owned no landed property. (2.) Strangers dwelling in another country without being naturalized (Lev. 22:10; Ps. 39:12). Both of these classes were to enjoy, under certain conditions, the same rights as other citizens (Lev. 19:33, 34; Deut. 10:19). They might be naturalized and permitted to enter into the congregation of the Lord by submitting to circumcision and abandoning idolatry (Deut. 23:3-8). This term is used (Eph. 2:12) to denote persons who have no interest in Christ. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Dream Interpretation	To dream of a stranger pleasing you, denotes good health and pleasant surroundings; if he displeases you, look for disappointments. To dream you are an alien, denotes abiding friendships. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Immigration	Any person not a citizen or national of the United States. (references)
Information	In reference retrieval : a retrieved reference that does not pertain to the subject sought. An unwanted document obtained when access to a desired document was attempted. Source: European Union. (references)
Law	A person coming from or born in a foreign country. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Alien

Synonyms: exotic (adj), foreign (adj), strange (adj), extraterrestrial (n), extraterrestrial being (n), foreigner (n), noncitizen (n), outlander (n), stranger (n), unknown (n), alienate (v), disaffect (v), estrange (v). (additional references)

Antonym: citizen (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Extraneousness	Noun: extraneousness; Adjective: extrinsicality; exteriority; alienage, alienism. foreign body, foreign substance, foreign element; alien, stranger, intruder, interloper, foreigner, novus homo, newcomer, immigrant, emigrant; creole, Africander; outsider; Dago, wop, mick, polak, greaser, slant, Easterner, Dutchman, tenderfoot.
	Adjective: extraneous, foreign, alien, ulterior; tramontane, ultramontane.
Irrelation	Adjective: irrelative, irrespective, unrelated; arbitrary; independent, unallied; unconnected, disconnected; adrift, isolated, insular; extraneous, strange, alien, foreign, outlandish, exotic.
Irreligion	Atheist, skeptic, unbeliever, deist, infidel, pyrrhonist; giaour, heathen, alien, gentile, Nazarene; espri fort, freethinker, rationalist; materialist, positivist, nihilist, agnostic, somatist, theophobist.
Transfer	Verb: transfer, convey; alienate, alien; assign; grant; (confer); consign; make over, hand over; pass, hand, transmit, negotiate; hand down; exchange;(interchange).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Between my wedding ring and this picture of my ex-wife, Sylvia, I will never ever forget that women are alien creatures, capable of great destruction (The Pandora Directive; writing credit: Aaron Conners) You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) Your little kitty cat pulled some kind of alien gizmo off of Megatron's machine (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio) Ms. Bitters, have you noticed anything strange about the hamster? He's three times his size and he has that hideous throbbing alien device on his back (Invader ZIM; writing credit: Carel Donck) Wait, is that the Rex who is a genetically engineered human who was formerly an alien living in our garage (Days of Our Lives; writing credit: Claude-Marcel Richard)
Clever	Resident alien (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Alien Hunter (2003) The Alien Corn (1970) Alien Orders (1951) An Alien Enemy (1918) The Alien Blood (1917)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Alien Anthology (Star Wars Roleplaying Game) (reference) Hush, Little Alien (reference) Passport to the Cosmos: Human Transformation and Alien Encounters (reference) The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters: A Definitive, Illustrated A-Z Guide to All Things Alien (reference) The Essential Guide to Alien Species (Star Wars) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Nonresident Alien Tax Compliance Update (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Alien (20th Anniversary Edition) (reference) Scooby Doo and the Alien Invaders (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Alien Lanes (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Alien Landscapes Photo CD (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Play	Caption
	Laser gun; alien; science fiction; video game; weapon.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Terence	I am human and let nothing human be alien to me.
Theodore Parker	Wealth and want equally harden the human heart, like frost and fire both are alien to human flesh.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	Those who have the supreme power of making laws in England, France or Holland, are to an Indian, but like the rest of the world, men without authority: and therefore, if by the law of nature every man hath not a power to punish offences against it, as he soberly judges the case to require, I see not how the magistrates of any community can punish an alien of another country; since, in reference to him, they can have no more power than what every man naturally may have over another. (Second Treatise of Government)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	He burned to appease the fierce longings of his heart before which everything else was idle and alien.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Foreign cars were totally an alien concept in the Soviet Union. (references)
		In recent years, some local authorities have subjected worship services of alien residents to increased surveillance and restrictions. (references)
		Since 1985, screenings for high-risk groups, general screenings of blood for transfusion and blood products, and screenings of military draftees, prison inmates, and alien laborers have been conducted. (references)
Civil Liberties	Japan	An alien denied refugee status may appeal the decision to the Ministry of Justice. (references)
	Taiwan	The 1999 Entry, Exit, and Immigration Law provides strict sentencing guidelines for alien smuggling. (references)
	Netherlands	The Justice Ministry estimated that half of all asylum seekers came to the country via alien smuggling organizations. (references)
Economic History	Taiwan	Major construction projects are prohibited from hiring alien workers. (references)
	Philippines	Americans and Spaniards constitute the next largest alien minorities in the country. (references)
	Costa Rica	This representative can be a Costa Rican citizen/company, alien or resident of the country. (references)
Human Rights	Malaysia	Access to illegal alien detention camps is restricted. (references)
	Greece	Poor conditions continued at the Amygdaleza and Drapetsona detention centers for illegal alien women. (references)
	Malaysia	Malaysian NGO's have stated that police sometimes subject criminal suspects and illegal alien detainees to physical and psychological torture during interrogation and detention. (references)
Indigenous People	Thailand	In August the Government extended for 1 year until August 2002 the time it would allow for citizenship processing for certain groups of resident alien hilltribe members. (references)
	Peru	In accordance with local culture and traditions, most of the native communities have a spiritual relationship with their land, and the concept of land as a marketable commodity is alien to them. (references)
Minorities	Japan	Burakumin, Koreans, and alien workers experience varying degrees of societal discrimination, some of it severe and longstanding. (references)
Political Economy	Korea	The leadership perceives most international norms of human rights, especially individual rights, as illegitimate, alien, and subversive to the goals of the State and party. (references)
	Korea	Trafficking in persons was a problem; the country is considered a major transit point for alien smugglers, including traffickers of primarily Asian women and children for the sex trade and domestic servitude. (references)
	Japan	Women, the Ainu (the country's indigenous people), the Burakumin (a group whose members historically are treated as outcasts), and alien residents experienced varying degrees of societal discrimination, some of it severe and longstanding. (references)
Travel	Cote D'ivoire	A Security Bond is required for each alien so employed. (references)
	Philippines	The prearranged employment visa is normally granted co-terminus with the Alien Employment Permit (AEP) issued by the Department of Labor and Employment. (references)
	Taiwan	Qualified foreign nationals with alien resident certificates and their family members can apply for coverage under the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP). (references)
Worker Rights	Netherlands	The maximum sentence for alien smuggling is 8 years. (references)
	Marshall Islands	The eventual destination and fates of undocumented alien residents and prostitutes are unknown. (references)
	Panama	Their travel is facilitated by a network of alien smugglers, travel agents, hotels, and safe houses. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	PASSPORT, n. A document treacherously inflicted upon a citizen going abroad, exposing him as an alien and pointing him out for special reprobation and outrage.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Alien" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 81.41% of the time. "Alien" is used about 806 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	81.41%	656	9,979
Noun (singular)	15.86%	128	28,261
Noun (proper)	2.6%	21	76,261
Noun (common)	0.12%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	806	N/A

Expressions using "alien": alien culture ♦ Alien enemy ♦ alien from ♦ alien population ♦ Alien priory ♦ alien property ♦ alien resident ♦ alien subjects ♦ alien to ♦ enemy alien ♦ illegal alien ♦ order declaring a person to be an undesirable alien ♦ resident alien ♦ undesirable alien. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "alien": alien-ated, alien-excluding, alien-fever, alien-infested, alien-mashing.
	Ending with "alien": anti-alien.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "alien"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		vreemd (foreign, strange), teenoorgesteld (adverse, contrary, opposite, reverse, reversed), afskuwelik (abhorrent, abominable, abysmal, awful, dreadful, gruesome, hideous, horrible, terrible). (various references)

Albanian		i huaj (exotic, extern, external, extraneous, foreign, foreigner, gringo, interlude, outlandish, outside, oversea, overseas, peregrine, strange, stranger, tramontane), huaj (foreign, strange). (various references)

Arabic		‏مغاير (grotesque, hetero-), ‏مخالف (contrary to, converse, incompatible with, opposite to), ‏نفر (alienate, band, dislike, indispose, person, repel, soldier), ‏نقل (alienate, assign, bandy, carriage, carry, carry forward, communicate, convection, convey, conveyance, copy, deliver, freight, go cart, hand on, handling, pass on, pipe, portage, promotion, propagate, relocate, remove, reproduction, route, shift, take away, tote, transfer, transference, transfuse, transit, transmission, transmit, transport, transportation), ‏حول (ability, about, around, be cross eyed, bleach, capricious, commit, concerning, deed, deliver, deter, divert, encode, hand down, hand over, make, metamorphose, power, process, redress, refer, relocate, round, stop, switch, transfer, transmute, transpose, turn, whimsical, withdraw, work, year), ‏غريب (absurd, anomalous, antic, bizarre, eerie, eery, exotic, extraneous, fanciful, foreign, freakish, funny, grotesque, intruder, ludicrous, new, odd, outlandish, outsider, peculiar, potty, quaint, queer, rum, senseless, singular, strange, stranger, tall, unaccustomed, uncanny, uncouth, unearthly, unfamiliar, unnatural, whimsical), ‏أجنبي (barbarian, foreign, outlandish, oversea, strange, stranger), ‏أبعد (alienate, bounce, deport, distance, drive away, drive out, estrange, exclude, far, farther, hold off, oust, out of the way, outmost, preclude, relegate, send, send packing, stave off, supplant, take away, throw out, transport, ulterior, ultimate, warn off), ‏دخيل (foreign, obtrusive, outlandish). (various references)

Bulgarian		същество от друг свят, чуждоземно растение, чуждестранен (exotic, external, foreign, outlandish, Peregrin, strange, tramontane), чужд поданик в дадена страна, чужд (adventitious, adventive, exterior, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, outside, Peregrin, strange, unfamiliar, vicarious), несвойствен (extrinsic, foreign), далечен (distant, far, faraway, long, long distance, out-, out of the way, outlying, remote, removed). (various references)

Chinese		外籍人. (various references)

Czech		mimozemský, cizinec (foreigner, stranger), cizí (extraneous, foreign, outlandish, someone else's, strange, unfamiliar). (various references)

Danish		udenlandsk (foreign), modsat (adverse, contrary, opposite), fremmed (foreign, strange). (various references)

Dutch		afgrýselýk (abhorrent, abominable, agonizing, awful, dismal, dreary, ghastly, gruesome, hideous, horrible, nasty), afschuwelýk (abhorrent, abominable, agonizing, awful, dismal, dreary, ghastly, gruesome, hideous, horrible, nasty), afschuwelijk (abhorrent, dreary, gruesome, hideous, nasty), strýdig (adverse, contrary), buitenlander (foreigner), buitenlands (foreign, strange), false drop (false drop), ijselijk (abominable, dreadful, gruesome, terrible), misselýk (abhorrent, abominable, disgusting, nasty, nauseous), onsmakelýk (abhorrent, abominable, disgusting, nasty, nauseous), ýselýk (abhorrent, abominable, abysmal, awful, dreadful, gruesome, hideous, horrible, terrible), ruis (false drop, noise, noise unit, red-eye, rudd, sound, sound effects), weerzinwekkend (abhorrent, abominable, disgusting, nasty, nauseous), stuitend (abhorrant, abhorrent, abominable, disgusting, nasty, nauseous), tegengesteld (adverse, contrary, opposite, reverse, reversed), tegenliggend (adverse, contrary, opposite), tegenstaand (adverse, contrary, opposite), tegenstrýdig (adverse, contrary, opposite), uitheems (exotic, foreign), verfoeilýk (abhorrent, abominable, awful, gruesome, hideous, horrible), vreemd (curious, foreign, interesting, odd, peculiar, quaint, strange), vreemdeling (foreigner, stranger), walgelýk (abhorrent, abominable, disgusting, nasty, nauseous), onwennig (foreign, strange). (various references)

Esperanto		alilandano (foreigner), abomeninda (abhorrent, abominable, awful, gruesome, hideous, horrible), naŭza (abhorrant, abominable, disgusting, nasty, nauseous), kontraŭa (contrary), fremda (foreign, strange), eksterlanda (foreign). (various references)

Faeroese		andstyggiligur (abhorrent, abominable, disgusting, nasty, nauseous, ugly), vamlisligur (abhorrent, abominable, disgusting, nasty, nauseous), fremmandur (foreign, strange), útlendskur (foreign). (various references)

Farsi		مغایر (Adverse, Anomalous, Discordant, Offbeat, Variant), مخالف (Adversary, Adverse, Against, Antagonist, Averse, Con, Contrary, Converse, Defiant, Dissenter, Foe, Inadvisable, Irreconcilable, No, Opponent, Reluctance, Repugnant, Unfavorable, With), ناسازگاربودن (Conflict, Disagree, Discord), ناسازگار (Adverse, Discordant, Irreconcilable), غریبه بودن , خارجی (Exoteric, Exterior, External, Extraneous, Guest, Outsider, Strange), بیگانه (Abroad, Barbarian, Barbarous, Exotic, Gringo, Only, Outsider, Strange, Stranger). (various references)

Finnish		vierasmaalainen (foreign, foreigner), vieras (foreign, guest, strange, stranger, unknown, visitor), ulkomaalainen (foreigner), muukalainen (foreign, foreigner, stranger). (various references)

French		étranger, hideux. (various references)

Frisian		in griis (abhorrent, abominable, awful, gruesome, hideous, horrible), frjemd (foreign, foreigner, odd, peculiar, strange, stranger), bûtenlanner (foreigner), bûtenlânsk (foreign), útlanner (foreigner), útlânsk (foreign), ôfgryslik (abhorrent, abominable, agonizing, awful, ghastly, gruesome, hideous, horrible). (various references)

German		fremd (different, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, outside, someone else's, strange, unaccustomed, unfamiliar), Ausländer (foreigner, foreigners), ausländisch (exotic, foreign, from abroad, strange). (various references)

Greek		αλλοδαπός (foreigner). (various references)

Hawaiian		huaj (foreign, strange). (various references)

Hebrew		לועז (foreign, strange), זר (foreign, foreigner, outsider, strange, stranger, unfamiliar), בן נכר (foreigner), נוכרי (foreigner, gentile, stranger). (various references)

Hungarian		külföldi állampolgár, idegen (extraneous, foreign, gringo, new comer, newcomer, outlander, outlandish, pure, strange, stranger). (various references)

Icelandic		andstyggilegur (abhorrent, abominable, awful, gruesome, hideous, horrible), andstæður (adverse, contrary, opposite), mótstæður (adverse, contrary, opposite), hryllilegur (abhorrent, abominable, abysmal, alarmed, awful, dismayed, dreadful, dumbfounded, gruesome, hideous, horrible, put out of countenance, terrible), erlendur (foreign), útlendur (foreign), útlendingur (foreigner). (various references)

Indonesian		asing (different, exotic, foreign, odd, strange), orang asing (foreigner, stranger). (various references)

Italian		straniera (foreign, foreigner), orribile (abhorrent, abominable, agonizing, awful, beastly, dreadful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrible, horrific, macabre, revolting, shocking), orrendo (abhorrent, abominable, agonizing, awful, dismal, dreadful, dreary, frightful, ghastly, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, nasty, revolting, terrible), alieno (averse, opposed). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		異星人 , 他国人 (foreigner, stranger), エーテル結合 (ABC, A-D converter, Air France, alphabet, alpine flower, April fool, ether linkage, ethos, yell), エール大学 (acquired immune deficiency syndrome, aerobic dancing, aerobicise, aerobics, aerodynamics, aerogram, aerosol, aid, AIDS, AIDS virus, air, air bag, air brake, air breathing engine, air cargo, air check, air circulating system, air cleaner, air compressor, air conditioner, air conditioning, air curtain, air cushion, air dome, air door, air force, air girl, air gun, air hostess, air mail, air mattress, air pad, air pageant, air people, air pocket, air pot, air pump, air rifle, air right, air service, air shoot, air shuttle, air sick, air suspension, air terminal, air towel, airborne, airbrush, Airbus, airline, airport, airport tax, airsick bag, airsickness, airway, alias, Edam cheese, eight, eight beat, exercising with aerobics, hit point, home page, HP, on-air monitor, stewardess, Yale University). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たこくじん (foreigner, stranger), いせいじん, エーリアン , エイリアン . (various references)

Korean		외국인 (Foreigner). (various references)

Malay		asing (foreign, strange), orang asing (foreigner). (various references)

Manx		quaagh (aloof, foreign, ghostly, odd, peculiar, psychic, psychical, quaint, strange, supernatural, uncanny, weird), neughooghyssagh (disaffectionate, foreign, monstrous, supernatural), joarree (bizarre, foreign, odd, outlander, outlandish, outsider, peculiar, remarkable, strange, stranger, unfamiliar), gynoaltagh, fer quaagh (foreigner, oddity). (various references)

Norwegian		fremmed (foreign, foreigner, strange, stranger). (various references)

Papiamen		abominabel (abhorrent, abject, abominable, abysmal, awful, disdainful, disgusting, dismal, dreadful, dreary, ghastly, gruesome, hideous, horrible, nasty, nauseous, terrible), stranhero (foreigner), strañu (foreign, strange), strañero (foreigner, stranger), kontrario (adverse, contrary), kontrali (adverse, contrary), estranhero (foreign). (various references)

Pig Latin		alienay.(various references)

Polish		przeciwny (adverse, contrary, opposite). (various references)

Portuguese		estrangeiro (abroad, continental, exotic, foreign, foreigner, gringo, outlandish, oversea, peregrine, strange, stranger, tramontane), alienígena (foreign, strange). (various references)

Romanian		venetic (strange), stråin (foreigner), strãin (another's, extraneous, foreign, foreigner, guest, heterogeneous, outlandish, outsider, oversea, peregrine, strange, stranger, unknown, visitor), ostil (adverse, hostile, ill, opponent, rep

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
alien	6,937	alien extinction predator vs	99
alien ant farm	1,062	alien autopsy	94
alien picture	851	alien toy	92
alien vs predator	735	alien cartoon	87
alien x	488	alien workshop	87
alien movie	330	alien sighting	86
alien song	330	2 alien cheat predator vs	86
alien vs predator 2	311	alien versus predator 2	84
alien abduction	244	alien predator	84
alien computer	231	alien golf	83
alien vs predator movie	222	2 alien predator through vs walk	83
alien photo	181	alien sex fiend	81
alien and ufo	173	alien legacy	81
alien versus predator	170	alien dvd	80
alien 5	169	alien wallpaper	76
alien sex	164	alien nation	76
alien ware	155	2 alien cd key predator vs	74
alien resurrection	142	alien film	73
alien poster	139	alien adoption agency	70
alien hentai	124	alien ant farm lyrics	70
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Alien Seed" by Erika Thorpe Commentary: "I hatched out of one of these."	"Grind 2" by Thomas Hamlyn-Harris Commentary: "I took this series for the cover of an Alien Sex Fiend album. They were never used."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Alien

Definition: Alien

Alien

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Alien (movie)

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Near-relatives of mankind

Feline humanoids

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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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