1. (noun) the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others

• closing off

1. (noun) a state of separation between persons or groups

• separation

2. (noun) a feeling of being disliked and alone

• alienation
• disaffection
• estrangement

3. (noun) the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others

• separation

4. (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it

• defence
• defence mechanism
• defence reaction
• defense
• defense mechanism
• defense reaction

5. (noun) a country's withdrawal from international politics

• non-engagement
• non-involvement
• nonparticipation

1. (noun) a state of separation between persons or groups

• alienation
• estrangement
• anomie
• anomy
• concealment
• privacy
• privateness
• secrecy
• detachment
• insularism
• insularity
• insulation
• loneliness
• solitariness
• purdah
• solitude
• quarantine
• solitude

2. (noun) the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others

• quarantine

1. (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it

• psychiatry
• psychological medicine
• psychopathology

1. (noun) a state of separation between persons or groups

• insulate
• isolate

2. (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it

• isolate