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insulation

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of insulation

the state of being alone or kept apart from others
  • She had grown up in such rural insulation that she'd never met anyone of a different race.
Synonyms of insulation

aloneness, isolation, privacy, secludedness, seclusion, segregation, sequestration, solitariness, solitude
Words Related to insulation

loneliness, lonesomeness

confinement, incarceration, internment, quarantine
Near Antonyms of insulation

camaraderie, companionship, company, comradeship, fellowship, society

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