[ US /ˌaɪsəˈɫeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /ˌa‍ɪsəlˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
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
    he opposed a policy of American isolation
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How To Use isolation In A Sentence

  • 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.
  • Does it really make sense to conceive of a tutorial existing in isolation?
  • Unlike the phrenologists of the 19th century, DeYoung's team doesn't presume to know whether differences in the size of a brain region give rise to unique personality characteristics, or whether our personality differences cause our brains to develop in unique ways - say, that when we practice random acts of kindness, our "agreeableness" center grows larger, or that a lifetime of social isolation might cause a region associated with The Columbian stories: Columns
  • These immigrants face problems of geographical distance and cultural isolation.
  • Although our inner lives have been relentlessly diminished by ecosocial isolation, the antidote lies in recovering awareness of our context.
  • As well as isolation, problems included often rugged terrain, the prohibitive cost of transport, cattle ticks and poison plants.
  • Although most researchers stress the grammaticality of the majority of bilingual utterances, they assume that the grammatical norms of the two languages in isolation provide the basis for determining what is grammatical.
  • Therefore, he argues, policies on skills and upskilling the workforce cannot be viewed in isolation from other areas of social and economic development.
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