isolation
The state of being isolated, detached, or separated; the state of being away from other people.
Example
“She lived her final year in complete isolation, not wanting to see anybody.”
Other meanings
The act of isolating.
The state of not having diplomatic relations with other countries (either with most or all other countries, or with specified other countries).
Related words
- coisolation
- isolation transformer
- managed isolation
- reduced isolation
- base isolation
- deisolation
- immunoisolation
- isolation pay
- isolation play
- isolation tank
- isolational
- isolationary
Word history
From French "isolation".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “isolation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.