Definition of isolation
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Examples of isolation in a Sentence
the isolation of the mountain community
forced isolation always made the sociable child lonely
Recent Examples of isolation from the Web
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And Myanmar, after years of isolation and repression, embarked on an unexpected transition to democracy.
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All of the scholarship in the world and isolation from the U.S. has not produced regime change in Cuba for almost six decades.
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Even with my high threshold for loneliness, the mutual isolation wasn’t enough to feed me in the way a third place should.
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Stanford pointed to a three-paragraph online statement on animal research that notes achievements such as the isolation of insulin.
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To others, typically disability becomes known as fear, avoidance and isolation.
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Team, this isn’t the dark ages, when women on their periods were thought to be sullied and sent into isolation, forbidden from even touching the same cutlery as men.
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Argentina: Only just reentered capital markets after 15 years of isolation, and President Mauricio Macri wants to strengthen trade ties with anyone willing to listen.
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But genes don’t act in isolation, as geneticists have recently realized.
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First Known Use of isolation
1833
Synonym Discussion of isolation
ISOLATION Defined for English Language Learners
isolation
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: the state of being in a place or situation that is separate from others : the condition of being isolated
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: the act of separating something from other things : the act of isolating something
ISOLATION Defined for Kids
isolation
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: the act of keeping apart from others : the condition of being kept apart from others … it was the cows who were responsible for the wood's isolation … — Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting
Medical Dictionary
isolation
playMedical Definition of isolation
1: the action of isolating or condition of being isolated isolation of a virus put the patient in isolation
2: a segregation of a group of organisms from related forms in such a manner as to prevent crossing
3: a psychological defense mechanism consisting of the separating of ideas or memories from the emotions connected with them
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