Definition of Isolation

1. Noun. A state of separation between persons or groups.


2. Noun. A feeling of being disliked and alone.

3. Noun. The act of isolating something; setting something apart from others.
Exact synonyms: Closing Off
Generic synonyms: Separation
Specialized synonyms: Quarantine

4. Noun. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it.

5. Noun. A country's withdrawal from international politics. "He opposed a policy of American isolation"

Definition of Isolation

1. n. The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness.

Definition of Isolation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Isolation

1. Any procedure in which a given species of organism, present in a particular sample or environment, is obtained in pure culture. (15 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isolation

isolated
isolated
isolated abutment
isolated dextrocardia
isolated dyskeratosis follicularis
isolated explosive disorder
isolated limb perfusion
isolated parietal endocarditis
isolated proteinuria
isolated system
isolateral
isolates
isolating
isolating(a)
isolation
isolation
isolationism
isolationisms
isolationist
isolationistic
isolationists
isolations
isolator
isolators
isolead
isoleads
isolecithal
isolecithal egg
isolecithal ovum
isoleucine

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