Isolation
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
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Senses
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the act of isolating something
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a country's withdrawal from international politics
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a feeling of being disliked and alone
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a state of separation between persons or groups
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- closing off
- plural
- Isolations
- possessive
- Isolation's
- pluralpossessive
- Isolations'