Synonyms for ISOLATION
iso·la·tion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.6 / 9 votes

1. isolation

   Synonyms:
   disintegration, independence, separation, solitude

   Antonyms:
   alliance, association, club, community, companionship, company, confederacy, confederation, conjunction, connection, corporation, familiarity, federation, fellowship, fraternity, friendship, lodge, participation, partnership, society, union

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.8 / 4 votes

1. isolation

   Synonyms:
   segregation, detachment, disconnection, insularity, self-containedness

   Antonyms:
   organization, co-membership, community, connection, concatenation, continuity

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. isolationnoun

   a state of separation between persons or groups

   Synonyms:
   closing off

2. isolationnoun

   a feeling of being disliked and alone

   Synonyms:
   closing off

3. isolation, closing offnoun

   the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others

   Synonyms:
   isolation, closing off

4. isolationnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   closing off

5. isolationnoun

   a country's withdrawal from international politics

   "he opposed a policy of American isolation"

   Synonyms:
   closing off

Matched Categories

1. • Alienation
   • Defense Mechanism
   • Non-engagement
   • Psychiatry
   • Separation

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. isolationnoun

   Synonyms:
   separation, disconnection, insulation, segregation, detachment

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. isolationnoun

   Synonyms:
   insulation, segregation, loneliness, solitude

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "isolation":

   insulation, isolating, confinement, seclusion, isolate, segregation, remoteness, solitary, insularity, isolated, containment, apartheid, separation, isolationism, self-isolation, shutoff, exclusion

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. isolation

   Synonyms:
   See Isolation exercise
   

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How to use ISOLATION in a sentence?

1. Jordan Bechtold:

   We wanted to help inform the debate about legalization of marijuana, but it’s a very complicated issue and one study should not be taken in isolation.

2. Thomas McInnes:

   Isolation is harmful to anyone who doesn’t want it, and my mother hated it, stop saying that 'we're protecting them' because you're not.

3. Michel Temer:

   Isolation may even give one a false sense of security at first.

4. World Bank:

   Trauma can affect economic output if children struggle at school, people become less productive at work or withdraw from society, mental health issues cannot be seen in isolation.

5. Daniel Griffin:

   The last thing we want to see is individuals giving up because we ask too much of them, with a potential 18-month period ahead of us this is a less draconian and hopefully feasible form of social distancing and social isolation in groups about the size of a large extended family that prevent spread between these isolated groups.