Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun isolation

5 senses of isolation

Sense 1
isolation -- (a state of separation between persons or groups)
       => separation -- (the state of lacking unity)

Sense 2
isolation -- (a feeling of being disliked and alone)
       => alienation, disaffection, estrangement -- (the feeling of being alienated from other people)

Sense 3
isolation, closing off -- (the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others)
       => separation -- (the social act of separating or parting company; "the separation of church and state")

Sense 4
isolation -- ((psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it)
       => defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence -- ((psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires)

Sense 5
isolation -- (a country's withdrawal from international politics; "he opposed a policy of American isolation")
       => non-engagement, nonparticipation, non-involvement -- (withdrawing from the activities of a group)