ISOLATION

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
  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