isolation

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noun

1. a state of separation between persons or groups (Freq. 3)
• Derivationally related forms:
isolate
• Hypernyms:
separation
• Hyponyms:
solitude, purdah, loneliness, solitariness, quarantine,
insulation, insularity, insularism, detachment, alienation, estrangement,
anomie, anomy, privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealment
2. a feeling of being disliked and alone (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
alienation, disaffection, estrangement
3. the act of isolating something;
setting something apart from others (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
closing off
• Hypernyms:
separation
• Hyponyms:
quarantine
4. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
• Derivationally related forms:
isolate
• Topics:
psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
• Hypernyms:
defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
5. a country's withdrawal from international politics
- he opposed a policy of American isolation
• Hypernyms:
non-engagement, nonparticipation, non-involvement