isolation
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3.7
- noun
- /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/
:
aislamiento
- After spending months in isolation, he finally reunited with his friends and felt a wave of relief.
- social isolation
- feelings of isolation
- loneliness and isolation
And the way to solve that isolation is through substances and sex.
- And the way to solve that isolation is through substances and sex.
- Love bombing means more isolation, more confusion.
- Ask yourself your approach to life in isolation, life in quarantine.
- So there is a embedded in the contract, there is isolation, social isolation.
- It's true most places, but less self-imposed isolation, right.
- Hate grows in isolation and schools are places of community.
- And I think that that breeds a bit of like isolation in a way.
- You see, most people during time of self isolation, what do they do?
- So your nervous system reads isolation as death.
- Illness, isolation and insecurities weigh on all of us.
- And she explained to me that she's transitioning and they've kept her in isolation for four months.
- We are never going to get the best out of you in isolation ever.
- I think combating isolation around these issues is important.
Examples
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All this isolation has been enough to make one mad, hasn't it?
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Isolation was his greatest fear.
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We are never going to get the best out of you in isolation ever.
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I spent a year in isolation for him.
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His isolation can never be broken and he must never believe anyone will help him.
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How would you describe the isolation now?
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I began my teaching career as a high school English teacher, working in isolation in my classroom.
Academic text (2015) -
More people will be living in isolation or in residential and nursing home care.
Academic text (2012) -
They put him in complete isolation, no visitors.
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One family of Bushmen might meet up with another family once in a few years, but for the most part, they live in complete isolation, quite unaware that there are other people in the world.
Synonyms
89
2.6
The process of moving apart or staying apart
30
7.4
Feeling of being alone and separate from other people
22
6.5
A state of being private and away from other people
21
6.1
A lack of emotional involvement with people or situations
12
5.1
A quiet, private place away from other people
9
4.2
Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet
8
7.8
A feeling of no longer being close to someone
5
6.5
Being by yourself and choosing quiet time instead of being with others
3
5.2
An action that stops people from entering a place or communicating
2
6.6
A situation where things are kept apart from others, for example work and personal life
2
9.4
Being separate from other places and having a narrow view of the world
1
4.8
Making less emotional or social contact with someone
1
6.7
A state of being separate from other people
1
8.2
A tendency to live alone and avoid social contact
1
6.6
A liking for spending time by yourself
1
7.7
Feeling separate from a group or community
A place or group that is cut off and surrounded by a different area
A way of thinking that keeps a country apart and closed to outside ideas
A quiet place where someone can be alone to think
Feeling not part of a group or community
Antonyms
How Isolated
30
7.4
8
7.8
22
6.5
172
3.7
12
5.1
5
6.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Isolation comes from an old word isola meaning 'island', the same root as the English island. So being in isolation is like being put on a small island, separated from other people.