to isolate
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- verb
- /ˈaɪsəˌleɪt/
- Specialized
:
disociar
- And after that, you know, some people started noticing that, that I was isolating more and more and it was kind of eating away at me.
- isolating effects
- isolate the self
- difficult to isolate
Examples
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When dealing with trauma, it's common to isolate your feelings to cope with the pain.
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It not only isolates you from the person, but instead of you focusing on the source, right?
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The shame of what this relationship has become can isolate you further and further.
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Instead, they isolate themselves in pain and suffering and that causes so many issues.
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I try to locate this part of her in myself, to isolate it from all the other stuff.
Fiction book (2000) -
After several years of therapy, we've been able to isolate your different identities.
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I was just white knuckling through life, isolating myself from friends and family more and more.
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She isolates herself in her art.
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He learned that isolating his emotions from his experiences allowed him to handle difficult situations better.
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During tough times, many people isolate their emotions to protect themselves from further hurt.
Antonyms
How Detached
Surface Forms
Morphology
isolate = isola + ate
Although historically built from a root meaning 'island' plus the verb-forming suffix '-ate', the connection to any familiar English base is not form-transparent to learners and the modern senses are metaphorical.
Etymology
The word isolate comes from the Latin insula ('island') and the Italian isola ('island'). A helpful way to remember it is to think of making a memory or feeling like an 'island' apart from other feelings, which is what it means in psychology.