isolation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: isolation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for isolation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
isolation n a state of separation between persons or groups a feeling of being disliked and alone the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others Synonym(s): isolation, closing off (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it a country's withdrawal from international politics; "he opposed a policy of American isolation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isolation \I`so*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. isolation.] The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness. --Milman.