the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity | the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others |
the state of being isolated or detached | a country's withdrawal from international politics |
insulating material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity | a feeling of being disliked and alone |
| (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it |
| a state of separation between persons or groups |