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isolation
 
Noun isolation has 6 senses
  1. isolation - a state of separation between persons or groups
    --1 is a kind of     separation
    --1 has particulars:
     solitude, purdah; loneliness, solitariness; quarantine; insulation, insularity, insularism, detachment; alienation, estrangement; anomie, anomy; privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealment
    Derived form: verb isolate1
  2. isolation, closing off - the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
    --2 is a kind of separation
    --2 has particulars: quarantine
  3. isolation - a feeling of being disliked and alone
    --3 is a kind of     alienation, disaffection, estrangement
  4. reclusiveness, isolation - preference for seclusion or isolation
    --4 is a kind of solitariness
    --4 has particulars: privacy, privateness, seclusion
  5. isolation - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
    --5 is a kind of     defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
    Derived form: verb isolate4
  6. isolation - a country's withdrawal from internal politics; "he opposed a policy of American isolation"
    --6 is a kind of     non-engagement, nonparticipation, non-involvement
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