isolation
NounSynonyms:
closing off
WordNet 3.0
Noun (5)
- a state of separation between persons or groups
- a feeling of being disliked and alone
- the act of isolating something; setting something apart from othersSynonyms: closing off
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
- a country's withdrawal from international politics“he opposed a policy of American isolation”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Isolation \I`so*la"tion\ ([imac]`s[-o]*l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F. isolation.] The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness. --Milman. [1913 Webster]