Isolation - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a feeling of being disliked and alone
- the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
- (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
Extra examples
...forced isolation always made the sociable child lonely...
Because of its geographical isolation, the area developed its own unique culture.
The political prisoner had been held in complete isolation.
The mansion sits in splendid isolation on top of the hill (=it is far from everything and looks impressive).
Scarlet fever victims had to go to the isolation hospital.
Retirement can often cause feelings of isolation.
... it is the consensus of opinion that the Iceni in their geographic isolation remained 'Celtic' ...
...the motif of mute figures standing in lonely isolation is a recurrent one in the artist's works...
His photographs evoke the isolation and solitude of the desert.
...a wealthy recluse who lived in Cimmerian isolation in a decaying Victorian mansion...
...traditionally young Masai men are consigned to a period of isolation in the bush in order to turn them into strong, lionhearted warriors...
...completing the survival course is largely a matter of one's willingness to outbrave both the elements and the specter of total isolation...
He enjoyed his happy, bucolic isolation.
National isolation can only cause economic and cultural impoverishment.
A feeling of isolation swept over me.
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