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isolation
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disintegration, independence, separation, solitudeAntonyms:
alliance, association, club, community, companionship, company, confederacy, confederation, conjunction, connection, corporation, familiarity, federation, fellowship, fraternity, friendship, lodge, participation, partnership, society, union
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isolationnoun
a state of separation between persons or groups
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isolationnoun
a feeling of being disliked and alone
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isolation, closing offnoun
the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
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isolationnoun
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
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isolationnoun
a country’s withdrawal from international politics
«he opposed a policy of American isolation»
Synonyms:
closing off
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- Alienation
- Defense Mechanism
- Non-engagement
- Psychiatry
- Separation
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List of paraphrases for «isolation»:
insulation, isolating, confinement, seclusion, isolate, segregation, remoteness, solitary, insularity, isolated, containment, apartheid, separation, isolationism, self-isolation, shutoff, exclusion
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French President Francois Hollande:
I understand the feeling of isolation and abandonment that some of out compatriots in the countryside feel.
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Paula Reed:
We don’t know anything about his treatment. We haven’t been able to talk to him since he was taken to isolation, he was experiencing a fever, a cough and he lost his sense of smell or taste, possibly both. That’s all we know.
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Richard Nixon:
Surely one thing we have learned from these difficult years is that no nation has a monopoly on wisdom, we also have learned that no great nation, and no great group of nations, can view the problems of its own community in isolation.
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James Downing:
This is the first time we’ve seen a total reconstitution of the immune system, which has provided the ability for these children to get out of isolation, so we’re comfortable, I think, at this point stating that this is a cure. Only time will say will this be a durable, lifelong cure.
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Leana Wen:
One is for health care workers who test positive. You don’t want those individuals to have to be out of the workforce and then we have a serious shortage. The second reason is, we want to actually incentivize people to find out that they’re positive, what if you don’t want to miss days from work ? You might end up just not testing, because you don’t want to find out that you’re positive. And so, if cutting 10 days to five days — even if we end up missing some percentage of people who may still be infectious — you may actually get higher compliance if you get to a lower number of days needed for isolation.
Translations for isolation
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- عزلArabic
- ізаля́цыяBelarusian
- изола́цияBulgarian
- isolació, isolament, aïllamentCatalan, Valencian
- IsolierungGerman
- καραντίνα, απομόνωση, απονόνωσηGreek
- aislamientoSpanish
- eristäminen, eristys, eristyneisyysFinnish
- isolation, isolementFrench
- leithlisiú, leithlisIrish
- अलगावHindi
- isolamentoItalian
- 隔離Japanese
- ឯកោអនាថា, ភាពឯកោKhmer
- pengasingan, isolasiMalay
- izolacja, odosobnieniePolish
- isolação, isolamentoPortuguese
- обособле́ние, изоля́цияRussian
- осамаSerbo-Croatian
- isoleringSwedish
- ізоля́ціяUkrainian
- تنہائیUrdu
- 隔离Chinese
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- confinement
- desolation
- remoteness
- segregation
- solitude
- aloneness
- aloofness
- concealment
- detachment
- exile
- hiding
- privacy
- privateness
- quarantine
- reclusiveness
- retreat
- sequestration
- withdrawal
- beleaguerment
- monkhood
- reclusion
- seclusiveness
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WORDS RELATED TO ISOLATION
- friendlessness
- isolation
- loneliness
- loneness
- lonesomeness
- solitariness
- solitude
- withdrawal
- backcountry
- boondocks
- frontier
- hinterland
- interior
- isolation
- outback
- rural area
- sticks
- terra incognita
- timberland
- woodland
- blindness
- concealment
- denseness
- inscrutability
- isolation
- privacy
- seclusion
- secrecy
- unawareness
- bareness
- bleakness
- desert
- devastation
- dissolution
- extinction
- forlornness
- isolation
- loneliness
- ruin
- solitariness
- solitude
- waste
- wildness
- wreck
- break
- disconnection
- disengagement
- disjunction
- distancing
- disunion
- division
- divorce
- isolation
- segregation
- severance
- alienation
- isolation
- loneliness
- longing
- rootlessness
- unhappiness
- yearning for home
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426 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˌa͡ɪsəlˈe͡ɪʃən], [ ˌaɪsəlˈeɪʃən], [ ˌaɪ_s_ə_l_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]
Related words: iso 9001, iso 27001, iso 17025, iso 27017, iso 17020, iso 17024, iso 17021, ISO certified, ISO standard
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adj.
• sedative (adjective)
- slumberous.
• slumberous (adjective)
- Husher.
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n.
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•
- include,
- insulation.
• act (noun)
- isolation.
• aloneness (noun)
- friendlessnesses.
• backwoods (noun)
- most isolation,
- more isolation,
- more frontier,
- most boondocks,
- stickser,
- OUT BACK,
- most hinterland,
- out-backs,
- more woodland,
- most outback,
- most backcountry,
- sticksest,
- most timberland,
- most frontier,
- out-back,
- more outback,
- more hinterland,
- more timberland,
- most woodland,
- more backcountry,
- terra incognitas,
- more boondocks,
- out backs.
• closing off (noun)
- closing off.
• concealment (noun)
- secrecy.
• darkness (noun)
- denseness,
- inscrutability.
• desolation (noun)
- bleakness,
- wildness,
- forlornness.
• detachment (noun)
- remoteness,
- retreat,
- obscurity,
- study at solitude,
- self-sufficiency.
• dissociation (noun)
- dis-junction,
- dis connection,
- dis engagements,
- dis connections,
- dis junction,
- dis unions,
- dis-junctions,
- dis union,
- dis-unions,
- dis-connection,
- dis-engagements,
- dis-engagement,
- dis junctions,
- distancings,
- dis-union,
- dis engagement,
- dis-connections.
• exclusion (noun)
- limbo.
• homesickness (noun)
- un-happiness,
- un-happinesses,
- rootlessnesses,
- un happinesses.
• huggermugger (noun)
- huggermuggeries.
• imprisonment (noun)
- immurations,
- thraldoms.
• infrequency (noun)
- rarity,
- infrequency,
- sparsity,
- Seldomness,
- oddness,
- uncommonness,
- unusualness,
- sporadicalness.
• ostracism (noun)
- ex communications,
- cold-shoulderings,
- shunnings,
- ex communication,
- ex-communication,
- cold shoulderings,
- blackballings,
- coldshouldering,
- cold shouldering,
- coldshoulderings,
- ex-communications.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- remands,
- singleness,
- ST,
- yearning for home,
- lonesomeness,
- backwoods,
- imprisonment,
- remand,
- lockdown,
- thraldom,
- rural area,
- terra incognita,
- Loneness,
- rural areas,
- solitaries,
- aloneness,
- the hole,
- Selecting,
- peace and quiet,
- thralldom,
- ostracism,
- huggermuggery,
- darkness,
- quarantine,
- rootlessness,
- Separating,
- cold-shouldering,
- durance,
- timberland,
- desolation,
- homesickness,
- reclusiveness,
- Separatism,
- STS,
- solitary confinement,
- privacy,
- timberlands,
- pickings,
- holding cell,
- friendlessness,
- immuration,
- exlusion,
- dissociation,
- solitude,
- durances,
- solitariness.
• privacy (noun)
- penetralia,
- one’s space,
- confidentialities.
• seclusion (noun)
- exclusion,
- misanthropy,
- banishment,
- captivity,
- eradication,
- excommunication,
- alienation,
- ejection,
- apartheid,
- xenophobia,
- expatriation,
- extradition,
- detachment,
- loneliness,
- seclusion,
- confinement,
- disbarment,
- anonymity,
- removal,
- elimination,
- segregation,
- separation,
- exile,
- deportation,
- extirpation,
- aloofness,
- standoffishness.
• secrecy (noun)
- stealth,
- Secretness,
- surreptitiousness,
- secretiveness.
• segregation (noun)
- exlusions,
- dis-crimination,
- dis crimination,
- splitting ups,
- dis criminations,
- dis-criminations.
• selecting (noun)
- denominatings,
- de-nomination,
- de-nominations,
- isolatings,
- separatings,
- appointings,
- de nominations,
- de terminations,
- de nominating,
- determinings,
- indicatings,
- de nomination,
- de-terminations,
- de-termination,
- cullings,
- de-nominating,
- electings,
- de termination.
• separation (noun)
- divorce,
- estrangement,
- division,
- split,
- rift.
• solitary confinement (noun)
- lockdowns,
- solitary-confinement,
- the holes,
- holding cells.
• solitude (noun)
- reclusivenesses,
- peace quiet,
- lonenesses,
- lonesomenesses,
- peace and quiets,
- peace quiets.
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n. & a.
• Other relevant words: (noun, adjective)
- hinterland.
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Other synonyms:
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- reservation,
- sequestration.
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- retirement.
• isolation
- hermitage.
• loneliness
- ivory tower.
• Other relevant words:
- reversion,
- way,
- retraction,
- renouncement,
- renunciation,
- arrangements,
- Reclusion,
- relationship,
- abnegation,
- circumstance,
- abdication,
- terms,
- fettle,
- Disallowance,
- protection,
- station,
- withdrawal,
- Abandoning,
- repulse,
- policy,
- dealing,
- denial,
- position,
- plight,
- rejection,
- recession,
- disavowal,
- politics,
- asceticism,
- form,
- turndown,
- malfunction,
- abandonment,
- breakdown,
- failure.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- Apartness,
- tollbooth,
- surgery,
- differentiation,
- beleaguerment,
- Private Room,
- defense mechanism,
- disunion,
- concealment,
- Thana,
- unity,
- choky,
- clinic,
- escape mechanism,
- disunity,
- penal settlement,
- fold,
- rustication,
- out-group,
- station house,
- hiding,
- prison house,
- island,
- cell,
- divorcement,
- den,
- parting,
- color bar,
- oneness,
- private,
- isolationism,
- intensive care,
- snobbishness,
- oubliette,
- Privatization,
- rationalization,
- cordon sanitaire,
- abstractedness,
- autism,
- flight,
- Bridewell,
- insularity,
- disaffiliation,
- pound,
- Know-nothingism,
- escape,
- wishful thinking,
- compartmentalization,
- wish fulfillment,
- wish-fulfillment fantasy,
- alien,
- outsider,
- inclosure,
- overcompensation,
- incoherence,
- apportionment,
- Inconnection,
- guardroom,
- privatism,
- coop,
- celibacy,
- Panopticon,
- fantasizing,
- discontinuity,
- stronghold,
- keeping apart,
- house of detention,
- workhouse,
- segmentation,
- distance,
- racial segregation,
- house of correction,
- disconnectedness,
- disconnected,
- blood bank,
- snugness,
- donjon,
- unification,
- fortress,
- exclusiveness,
- setting apart,
- disintegration,
- seclusiveness,
- dungeon,
- charity ward,
- hospital room,
- gaol,
- privateness,
- jim crowism,
- Disarticulation,
- incognito,
- pharmacy,
- nonunion,
- escapism,
- negativism,
- foreigner,
- subtraction,
- zoning,
- executive session,
- lockup,
- watch house,
- penitentiary,
- ward,
- blame-shifting,
- avoidance mechanism,
- confidentiality,
- private conference,
- disassociation,
- disconnection,
- pen,
- sublimation,
- Delitescence,
- luxation,
- jail,
- laboratory,
- Bilboes,
- compensation,
- Monkhood,
- monasticism,
- disjunction,
- race hatred,
- Cataclasm,
- yellow jack,
- huggermugger,
- yellow flag,
- narrowness,
- persona non grata,
- disengagement,
- tightness,
- oasis,
- Disjointing,
- recovery room,
- stocks,
- cordon,
- therapy,
- nursery,
- confidentialness,
- discrimination,
- cage,
- Delivery Room,
- displacement,
- ethnocentrism,
- Calaboose,
- nonparticipation,
- isolate,
- outcast,
- parochialism,
- partition,
- severalty,
- prison ward,
- projection,
- secession,
- autistic thinking,
- hold,
- operating room,
- severance,
- hulks,
- penal colony,
- individuality,
- resistance,
- dispersion,
- maternity ward,
- keep,
- abjunction,
- labor room,
- subdivision,
- emergency,
- dislocation,
- substitution,
- separateness,
- abstraction,
- dispensary,
- decompensation,
- disaffection,
- fantasy,
- recess,
- insularism,
- prison,
- stranger,
- black hole,
- Quod.
How to use «Isolation» in context?
Isolation is a term used to describe being away from other people or social situations. It can be good or bad depending on the person. Some people find isolation to be relaxing and calming, while others find it to be lonely and depressing. There are many ways to experience isolation, and it can be found in many different forms.
Paraphrases for Isolation:
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Proper noun, singular
isolate.
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Noun, singular or mass
isolate.
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Proper noun, singular
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Forward Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
separation.
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Noun, singular or mass
separation.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
insulation.
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Noun, singular or mass
alienation, insulation, isolationism, solitude, self-isolation.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
baffle, blockade, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization, defenceless, detention, disintegration, estrangement, expulsion, impeachment, independently, irrespective, marginalization, ousting, regardless, removal, separate, solitaire, vacuum, Isolator, isolates, GIS.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Proper noun, singular
isolated, isolating, segregation.
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Noun, singular or mass
exclusion, insularity, isolating, loneliness, marginalisation, ostracism, seclusion, segregation, sequestration.
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Proper noun, singular
Hyponym for Isolation:
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n.
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act
non-engagement, nonparticipation, non-involvement.
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feeling
alienation, estrangement, disaffection.
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process
defense mechanism, Defence Reaction, defence, defense reaction, Defence Mechanism, defense.
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state
separation.
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act
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isolation
1 n-uncount Isolation is the state of feeling alone and without friends or help.
Many deaf people have feelings of isolation and loneliness…
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isolate
2 If something is considered in isolationfrom other things that it is connected with, it is considered separately, and those other things are not considered.
♦
in isolation phrase oft with brd-neg, PHR after v, oft PHR from n
(=separately)
Punishment cannot be discussed in isolation from social theory.
3 If someone does something in isolation, they do it without other people being present or without their help.
♦
in isolation phrase PHR after v
(=alone)
Malcolm works in isolation but I have no doubts about his abilities.
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isolate ( isolates 3rd person present) ( isolating present participle) ( isolated past tense & past participle )
1 verb To isolate a person or organization means to cause them to lose their friends or supporters.
This policy could isolate the country from the other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council… V n from n
Political influence is being used to shape public opinion and isolate critics. V n
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isolated adj usu v-link ADJ
They are finding themselves increasingly isolated within the teaching profession.
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isolation n-uncount usu with supp
Diplomatic isolation could lead to economic disaster.
2 verb If you isolateyourself, or if something isolates you, you become physically or socially separated from other people.
(=cut off)
When he was thinking out a problem Tweed’s habit was never to isolate himself in his room… V pron-refl
His radicalism and refusal to compromise isolated him… V n
Police officers had a siege mentality that isolated them from the people they served… V n from n
But of course no one lives totally alone, isolated from the society around them. V-ed
3 verb If you isolate something such as an idea or a problem, you separate it from others that it is connected with, so that you can concentrate on it or consider it on its own.
Our anxieties can also be controlled by isolating thoughts, feelings and memories… V n
Gandhi said that those who isolate religion from politics don’t understand the nature of either. V n from n
4 verb To isolate a substance means to obtain it by separating it from other substances using scientific processes. (TECHNICAL)
We can use genetic engineering techniques to isolate the gene that is responsible… V n
Researchers have isolated a new protein from the seeds of poppies. V n from n
5 verb To isolate a sick person or animal means to keep them apart from other people or animals, so that their illness does not spread.
You don’t have to isolate them from the community. V n from n, Also V n
isolation
1 n-uncount Isolation is the state of feeling alone and without friends or help.
Many deaf people have feelings of isolation and loneliness…
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isolate
2 If something is considered in isolationfrom other things that it is connected with, it is considered separately, and those other things are not considered.
♦
in isolation phrase oft with brd-neg, PHR after v, oft PHR from n
(=separately)
Punishment cannot be discussed in isolation from social theory.
3 If someone does something in isolation, they do it without other people being present or without their help.
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in isolation phrase PHR after v
(=alone)
Malcolm works in isolation but I have no doubts about his abilities.
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