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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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Manchin’s isolation has left him increasingly vulnerable to attack on all sides.
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The other analysis of 70 studies found that loneliness, isolation, and living alone all had a significant effect on a person's risk for early death.
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Our vision is for participants with developmental disabilities to become productive members of society, and benefit from support of peers by replacing social isolation with acceptance and friendship.
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Lost within an ancient cave, the man and woman started off separate and alone, confronting mind-bending isolation that played tricks on their senses and produced ever-more-disorienting hallucinations. Fumbling and crawling,
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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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First Known Use of isolation
1833
isolation Synonyms
Synonyms
aloneness, insulation, privacy, secludedness, seclusion, segregation, separateness, sequestration, solitariness, solitudeRelated Words
loneliness, lonesomeness; vacuum; confinement, incarceration, internment, quarantine; retirement, withdrawal; ghettoizationNear Antonyms
camaraderie, companionship, company, comradeship, fellowship, societySynonym Discussion of isolation
solitude, isolation, seclusion mean the state of one who is alone. solitude may imply a condition of being apart from all human beings or of being cut off by wish or circumstances from one's usual associates.
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- a few quiet hours of solitude
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- the isolation of the village in winter
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- lived in pastoral seclusion
ISOLATION Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of isolation for English Language Learners
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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
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Definition of isolation for Students
: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
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medical Definition of isolation
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:a segregation of a group of organisms from related forms in such a manner as to prevent crossing
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:a psychological defense mechanism consisting of the separating of ideas or memories from the emotions connected with them
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