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isolation

noun
/ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/CA/ˌɑesəˈlæɪʃən/

Etymology

First attested in 1800. From French isolation, from isolé, placed on an island (thus away from other people). Equivalent to isolate + -ion.

  1. borrowed from isolation

Definitions

  1. The state of being isolated, detached, or separated

    The state of being isolated, detached, or separated; the state of being away from other people.

    • She lived her final year in complete isolation, not wanting to see anybody.

  2. The act of isolating.

  3. The state of not having diplomatic relations with other countries (either with most or…

    The state of not having diplomatic relations with other countries (either with most or all other countries, or with specified other countries).

    • Israel could offer to ease North Korea’s isolation with diplomatic recognition, […] ¶ […] But Washington’s strategy of increasing North Korean isolation left no room for back-channel talks with Tel Aviv, […]
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. The obtaining of an element from one of its compounds, or of a compound from a mixture

    2. The separation of a patient, suffering from a contagious disease, from contact with…

      The separation of a patient, suffering from a contagious disease, from contact with others (compare: quarantine)

      • Upon returning from the field, he went into isolation for a week so as not to infect anyone with potential diseases.

    3. A database property that determines when and how changes made in one transaction are…

      A database property that determines when and how changes made in one transaction are visible to other concurrent transactions.

    4. A Freudian defense mechanism in which a person suppresses a harmful thought from…

      A Freudian defense mechanism in which a person suppresses a harmful thought from developing into a train of thought.

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Derived

base isolation, coisolation, deisolation, immunoisolation, in isolation, isolational, isolationary, isolationism, isolationist, isolationistic, isolation pay, isolation play, isolation tank, isolation transformer, managed isolation, matrix isolation, microisolation, optoisolation, postisolation, preisolation, reduced isolation, reisolation, self-isolation, sound isolation

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at isolation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01isolation02relations03relation04interact05break06divide07separate08disunite09alienation

A definitional loop anchored at isolation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at isolation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA