[QUOTE] [B][SIZE=4]"isolation"[/SIZE][/B] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]a state of separation between persons or groups [*]the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/closing off]closing off[/URL]] [*]a feeling of being disliked and alone [*]preference for seclusion or isolation [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/reclusiveness]reclusiveness[/URL]] [*](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 internal politics; "he opposed a policy of American isolation" [/LIST] Source: [URL=http://www.word.sc/isolation]http://www.word.sc/isolation[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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