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Isolation
01
a state of separation between persons or groups
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
isolations
02
the act of to physically or socially separating someone or something from others
Examples
The patient was kept in isolation to prevent the spread of the infection.
03
the state of feeling alone and separated from others
Examples
During the winter, he experienced a lot of isolation in his small apartment.
04
a country's withdrawal from international politics
05
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
Lexical Tree
isolationism
isolationist
isolation
isolate
