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English noun: isolation | |||
| 1. | isolation (state) a state of separation between persons or groups | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | separation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | alienation, anomie, anomy, concealment, detachment, estrangement, insularism, insularity, insulation, loneliness, privacy, privateness, purdah, quarantine, secrecy, solitariness, solitude, solitude | ||
| 2. | isolation (feeling) a feeling of being disliked and alone | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alienation, disaffection, estrangement | ||
| 3. | isolation (act) the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others | ||
| Synonyms | closing off | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | separation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | quarantine | ||
| 4. | isolation (process) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction | ||
| Domain category | psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology | ||
| 5. | isolation (act) a country's withdrawal from international politics | ||
| Samples | He opposed a policy of American isolation. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | non-engagement, non-involvement, nonparticipation | ||
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