Difference between hechen and isolation

Definitions

noun

1. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
2. the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
3. a feeling of being disliked and alone
4. a state of separation between persons or groups
5. a country's withdrawal from international politics

Examples

The argument behind x is not quantitative, and we do not have an expression for its expected value under a null isolation model.

Gastric lavage for isolation of M tuberculosis is a well accepted method.

I ejaculated mentally , " you deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality.

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