Translation for 'rootlessness' from English to French

rootlessness [lack of a homeland]

absence {f} de patriesociol.

• Novak's writings during this period included the philosophical essay "The Experience of Nothingness" (1970, republished in 1998), in which he cautioned the New Left that utopianism could lead to alienation and rootlessness.
• In reviewing the album, the "Times Colonist" wrote that the tracks on the album "seem to have seamlessly grown out of Fisher's Kerouacian rootlessness and contagious energy".
• It deals with the paradox of rootedness and rootlessness of Singaporeans born after the Japanese Occupation.
• Naipaul evokes ideas of homeland, rootlessness and his own personal feelings towards India in many of his books.
• Poetry from exile, 1939 - 1962: Prados's later poetry carries a profound sense of rootlessness and solitude.

• Many of Saroyan's stories were based on his childhood experiences among the Armenian-American fruit growers of the San Joaquin Valley or dealt with the rootlessness of the immigrant.
• The girl-goddess-priestess sees all the soldiers as being lost from their tribes. This rootlessness echoes Tom and Jan's failure to find a place to call their own.
• " (1978) treats subjects such as rootlessness and the feeling of being different.
• Dung claims that this advantage has declined since the return of Hong Kong to China, a historical event that was supposed to have ended the city's rootlessness.
• A romance of the road that emphasized a sense of rootlessness, it stood out from many of the dramas and situation comedies that were its contemporaries.

• Williamson's career demonstrates the rootlessness that characterized the lives of many Americans even in the 18th century.
• Of Jewish origins himself, Reich considered Zionism to be an aberration caused by the rootlessness of Jews and their lack of national feeling for the countries they lived in.
• The point is, we all felt that it had something important to say about the rootlessness and confusion that face young people in England today since they literally have no place to go and be alone except on lunch hour.
• The novel also explores the interaction between the unfolding loyalties of its two main characters, the loneliness and rootlessness of Ai, and the contrast between the religions of Gethen's two major nations.
• "Heartland" deals with the paradox of rootedness and rootlessness of Singaporeans born after the Japanese Occupation.

• It has heightened my sense of dislocation and rootlessness.
• In the album "Pep talks" by Judah & the Lion lead single “Quarter-Life Crisis” is about the ensuing rootlessness and insecurity that Akers, band's lead vocalist, felt during his twenties, caused by loss of his aunt and his parent's divorce.