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isolation
Found in thesaurus: separation, estrangement, alienation, disaffection, defence reaction, defense mechanism, defence mechanism, defense reaction, defense, defence, nonparticipation, non-engagement, non-involvement
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isolation
n.
separation, solitude, aloneness; quarantine
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Isolation
Isolation is the process or fact of isolating or being isolated and may refer to:
- Human isolation (disambiguation)
- Solitude, a state of seclusion or isolation, i.e., lack of contact with people
- Solitary confinement, a special form of imprisonment in which a prisoner is isolated most or all human contact
- Isolationism in politics, the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations
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isolation
Noun
1. a state of separation between persons or groups
(hypernym) separation
(hyponym) solitude, purdah
(derivation) isolate, insulate
2. the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
(synonym) closing off
(hypernym) separation
(hyponym) quarantine
3. a feeling of being disliked and alone
(hypernym) alienation, disaffection, estrangement
4. preference for seclusion or isolation
(synonym) reclusiveness
(hypernym) solitariness
(hyponym) privacy, privateness, seclusion
5. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
(hypernym) defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
(derivation) isolate
(classification) psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
6. a country's withdrawal from internal politics; "he opposed a policy of American isolation"
(hypernym) non-engagement, nonparticipation, non-involvement
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Isolation (die)
nf.
isolation, separation, solitude, aloneness; quarantine
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isolation
nf.
insulation, isolation
