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Noun isolation has 6 senses

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
isolation, closing off - the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
--₂ is a kind of separation
--₂ has particulars: quarantine
isolation - a feeling of being disliked and alone
--₃ is a kind of alienation, disaffection, estrangement
reclusiveness, isolation - preference for seclusion or isolation
--₄ is a kind of solitariness
--₄ has particulars: privacy, privateness, seclusion
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
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