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Exploring the Concept of Belonging

Relationship
Affinity
Acceptance
Fellowship
Association
Loyalty
Attachment
Inclusion
Rapport
Affiliation
Kinship
Togetherness
Closeness
Membership
Community
Solidarity
Family
Understanding
Conformity

Alienation
Isolation
Disconnected
Estrangement
Outcast
Divorce
Withdrawal
Separation
Remoteness
Indifference
Disaffection
Loneliness
Exile
Insularity
Segregation
Distant
Otherness
Displacement
Exclusion
Rejection
Marginality

The Black Sheep

The Deviant
The Drifter
The Misfit
The Outsider
The Pariah
The Rebel
The Whistleblower
Out-of-the-way
In the Middle of Nowhere
Issues of Citizenship
Issues of Identity
Belonging to the text
Exclusion from the text

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