Definitions for isolation

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isolation i·so·la·tion

Spelling: [ahy-suh-ley-shuh n, is-uh-]

IPA: /ˌaɪ səˈleɪ ʃən, ˌɪs ə-/

Isolation is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 368 anagrams from letters in isolation (aiilnoost).

Definitions for isolation

noun

1. an act or instance of isolating.
2. the state of being isolated.
3. the complete separation from others of a person suffering from contagious or infectious disease; quarantine.
4. the separation of a nation from other nations by isolationism.
5. Psychoanalysis. a process whereby an idea or memory is divested of its emotional component.
6. Sociology. social isolation.

Origin of isolation

First recorded in 1825-35; isolate + -ion

Examples for isolation

O divine sensibility, defend me from this isolation of the heart!

In the light of morning the isolation of the inn is more apparent than at night.

“isolation has not worked,” said Obama from the White House.

He was one of six children who had been in the Ebola isolation center that had been overrun.

She came into the isolation center with a [temperature] of 40 degrees [104 Fahrenheit], and that was too high for a 6-year-old.

Otherwise why the pedigree, why the rigid castes, the isolation of women?

Now that they had the isolation chamber, it was up to Phoenix to find a plane to carry it.

I confess that there was something eerie in the isolation and remoteness of St. nimie.

That moment helped me with this journey--between the faith and the physical preparation of training and isolation with hot yoga.

The Jews were very troublesome among us in the days before the isolation.