isolation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a state of separation between persons or groups
Types & categories
- separation hypernym
- solitude hyponym
- purdah hyponym
- loneliness hyponym
- quarantine hyponym
- insulation hyponym
- estrangement hyponym
- anomie hyponym
- concealment hyponym
Related & opposite
- isolate derivation
Sense 2 noun
a feeling of being disliked and alone
Types & categories
- alienation hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
Types & categories
- separation hypernym
- quarantine hyponym
Sense 4 noun
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
Types & categories
- defence hypernym
Related & opposite
- isolate derivation
- psychiatry domain topic
Sense 5 noun
a country's withdrawal from international politics
he opposed a policy of American isolation
Types & categories
- non-engagement hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | isolate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | separation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | solitude |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | purdah |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | loneliness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quarantine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | insulation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | estrangement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | anomie |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | concealment |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | alienation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | separation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | quarantine |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | isolate |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | psychiatry |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | defence |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | non-engagement |