- 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
- reclusiveness, isolation - preference for seclusion or isolation