isolation meaning and definition

ISOLATION noun

Definition of isolation (noun)

1. a state of separation between persons or groups
2. a feeling of being disliked and alone
3. the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
   • synonyms: closing off
4. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
5. a country's withdrawal from international politics
   • "he opposed a policy of American isolation"