isolation, n.
(isolations)
freq. cnt. 5
a state of separation between persons or groups
<noun.state>
freq. cnt.: 3
freq. cnt.: 3
isolation
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solitude
solitude, purdah
loneliness, solitariness
quarantine
insulation, insularity, insularism, detachment
estrangement, alienation
anomie, anomy
privacy, secrecy, privateness, concealment
the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
<noun.act>
freq. cnt.: 2
freq. cnt.: 1
freq. cnt.: 1
closing off
isolation
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a feeling of being disliked and alone
<noun.feeling>
freq. cnt.: 1
freq. cnt.: 1
isolation
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a country's withdrawal from international politics
<noun.act>
isolation
sample sentences
"he opposed a policy of American isolation"
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(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
<noun.process>
isolation
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