[linguistics] Alienability as a grammatical concept in some languages, such as Tlingit, Rama, or Paama, related to the concept of possession. A noun is called inalienable noun, if it must always have a possessed relationship with another noun. The two nouns are said to be in the inalienable possession relationship. The word `mouth` is inali...
• (n.) Capability of being alienated.
Al`ien·a·bil'i·ty noun Capability of being alienated. 'The alienability of the domain.' Burke.