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isolationnoun [ U ]

uk/ˌaɪ.səlˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌaɪ.səlˈeɪ.ʃən/

C1 the condition of being alone, especially when this makes you feel unhappy:

The prisoner had been kept in isolation for three days.
After all the visitors had left, she experienced a feeling of complete isolation.

C2 the fact that something is separate and not connected to other things:

I can't think about it in isolation (= separately) - I need some examples of the problem.

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Separateness and isolation in space

  • apart
  • atomistic
  • atomized
  • bitty
  • cloistered
  • distance
  • distance yourself from sth
  • divorced
  • freely
  • give sth/sb a wide berth idiom
  • hermetically sealed
  • loose
  • parted
  • privacy
  • private
  • purdah
  • secluded
  • uninhabited
  • untethered
  • wide

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Isolating and separating

isolationnoun [ U ]

uk/ˌaɪsəlˈeɪʃən/us

the condition of being separated from other people, towns, countries, etc.:

geographic/rural/social isolation
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