"isolation" noun a state of separation between persons or groups the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others [syn: closing off (http://word.sc/closing off)] a feeling of being disliked and alone preference for seclusion or isolation [syn: reclusiveness (http://word.sc/reclusiveness)] (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" Source: http://www.word.sc/isolation

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