Isolation meaning

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

   Synonymsclosing 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”