isolation

noun

1. a state of separation between persons or groups

Definition categories: state, separation

2. a feeling of being disliked and alone

Definition categories: feeling, alienation, disaffection, estrangement

3. the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others

Definition categories: act, separation

4. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it

Definition categories: process, defence, defense

5. a country's withdrawal from international politics

- he opposed a policy of American isolation

Definition categories: act, nonparticipation