isolation
iso·la·tion
noun
1.
a state of separation between persons or groups
4.
preference for seclusion or isolation
5.
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
6.
Origin
First attested in 1800. From French isolation, from isolé, placed on an island (thus away from other people). Equivalent to isolate + -ion.
Phrases
- base isolation
- in isolation
- isolation pay
- isolation play
- isolation tank
- isolation transformer
- managed isolation
- matrix isolation
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