isolation
/ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/ · noun
Meaning
- The state of being isolated, detached, or separated; the state of being away from other people.
- The act of isolating.
- The state of not having diplomatic relations with other countries (either with most or all other countries, or with specified other countries).
- The obtaining of an element from one of its compounds, or of a compound from a mixture
- The separation of a patient, suffering from a contagious disease, from contact with others (compare: quarantine)
- A database property that determines when and how changes made in one transaction are visible to other concurrent transactions.
- A Freudian defense mechanism in which a person suppresses a harmful thought from developing into a train of thought.
Etymology / origin
First attested in 1800. From French isolation, from isolé, placed on an island (thus away from other people). Equivalent to isolate + -ion.
- isolation(French)→
- isolation (English)
- Relations: bor
Related words
Descendant words
- isolatie(Dutch) (bor)
- isolación(Spanish) (bor)
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