Hypertext Webster Gateway: "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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
isolation
n 1: a state of separation between persons or groups
2: the act of isolating something [syn: {closing off}]
3: a feeling of being disliked and alone
4: preference for seclusion or isolation [syn: {reclusiveness}]
5: a country's withdrawal from internal politics; "he opposed a
policy of American isolation"
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