Isolation
WordNet

noun


(1)   The act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
(2)   A country's withdrawal from international politics
"He opposed a policy of American isolation"
(3)   A feeling of being disliked and alone
(4)   (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
(5)   A state of separation between persons or groups
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Etymology


First as past participle "isolated", from Italian isolato, "secluded", from isola, "island", from .

Noun



  1. The state of being isolated, detached, or separated.
  2. The act of isolating.
 
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