isolation

4 definitions • 4 examples

the condition of being alone, especially when this makes you feel unhappy:

in isolation The prisoner had been kept in isolation for three days.

After all the visitors had left, she experienced a feeling of complete isolation.

the fact that something is separate and not connected to other things:

in isolation I can't think about it in isolation (= separately) - I need some examples of the problem.

another word for

the condition of being separated from other people, towns, countries, etc.:

geographic/rural/social isolation